{"product_id":"russia-myths-and-realities","title":"Russia : Myths and Realities","description":"\u003cp\u003eRussia is the largest country in the world, with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver a thousand years this multifaceted nation of shifting borders has been known as Rus, Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union. Thirty years ago it was reinvented as the Russian Federation. Russia is not an enigma, but its past is violent, tragic, sometimes glorious, and certainly complicated.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike the rest of us, the Russians constantly rewrite their history. They too omit episodes of national disgrace in favour of patriotic anecdotes, sometimes more rooted in myth than reality. Expert and former ambassador Rodric Braithwaite unpicks fact from fiction to discover what lies at the root of the Russian story.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover \u003cbr\u003e Published:UK, 2022\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Profile Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eLanguages: English \u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9781800811881\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 1800811888\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sir Rodric Braithwaite","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43712037814538,"sku":"","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9781800811881.jpg?v=1662392658","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/russia-myths-and-realities","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}