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100 ВЕЛИКИХ РОССИЯН

Bibliographic Description

100 великих россиян / Рыжов, К.В. – М. : Вече, 2005. – (100 великих). – ISBN 5-9533-0554-0.

Author
Рыжов, К.В.
Publisher
Вече
Year of publication
2005
Classification index (UDC)
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Language
Russian
Publication type
Book
Country of Publication
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Access
Available to all

Description

The book by the historian K.V. Ryzhov gathers the life stories of a hundred great Russians - from Prince Oleg and Vladimir the Saint to Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Bondarchuk. The biographies of politicians, military commanders, churchmen, artists, writers, travelers, scientists, inventors, reformers, and revolutionaries are presented quite objectively. The author strives to rise above partisan sympathies, above particulars, to move away from a simplified black-and-white view of the world. The concept of the book is as follows: the past should be accepted whole, nothing crossed out of it, nothing rejected and no labels attached. For our historical vision is the chief instrument for understanding the present.

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