The Cossack Myth: History and Nationhood in the Age of Empires

by Serhii Plokhy

Book Overview

In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, a mysterious manuscript began to circulate among the dissatisfied noble elite of the Russian Empire. Entitled The History of the Rus', it became one of the most influential historical texts of the modern era. Attributed to an eighteenth-century Orthodox archbishop, it described the heroic struggles of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Alexander Pushkin read the book as a manifestation of Russian national spirit, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107449030
• ISBN13: 9781107449039
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"