Land of the firebird: the beauty of old RussiaDetails the history of Russia from the religious revolution of 987 to the political revolution of 1917, graphically describing Russia's political and cultural environments under Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great |
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Contents
Note on Style | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Fable of the Firebird | 17 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Land of the firebird: the beauty of old Russia A Touchstone book |
| Author | Suzanne Massie |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 20, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0671230514, 9780671230517 |
| Length | 493 pages |
| Subjects | › › Art / History / General Art, Russian Art, Russian/ History History History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union Travel / Former Soviet Republics |
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