Roots of the Russian Language
Roots of the Russian Language

Author: George Patrick

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Published: 1989-02-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780844242675

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A book about Russian words and phrases for English-speaking learners of Russian.

Roots of Russia's War in Ukraine
Roots of Russia's War in Ukraine

Author: Elizabeth A. Wood

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2015-12-15

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 0231801386

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In February 2014, Russia initiated a war in Ukraine, its reasons for aggression unclear. Each of this volume's authors offers a distinct interpretation of Russia's motivations, untangling the social, historical, and political factors that created this war and continually reignite its tensions. What prompted President Vladimir Putin to send troops into Crimea? Why did the conflict spread to eastern Ukraine with Russian support? What does the war say about Russia's political, economic, and social priorities, and how does the crisis expose differences between the EU and Russia regarding international jurisdiction? Did Putin's obsession with his macho image start this war, and is it preventing its resolution? The exploration of these and other questions gives historians, political watchers, and theorists a solid grasp of the events that have destabilized the region.

Russian Etymological Dictionary
Russian Etymological Dictionary

Author: Terence Wade

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13:

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This dictionary describes the etymology of 1500 central words in the Russian vocabulary. A typical entry gives the present meaning of the word, the dates of its first appearance in the language, and details of orthographical, phonetic and social factors that have affected its development.

Orthodox Russia in Crisis
Orthodox Russia in Crisis

Author: Isaiah Gruber

Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press

Published: 2012-05-15

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1501757385

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A pivotal period in Russian history, the Time of Troubles in the early seventeenth century has taken on new resonance in the country's post-Soviet search for new national narratives. The historical role of the Orthodox Church has emerged as a key theme in contemporary remembrances of this time—but what precisely was that role? The first comprehensive study of the Church during the Troubles, Orthodox Russia in Crisis reconstructs this tumultuous time, offering new interpretations of familiar episodes while delving deep into the archives to uncover a much fuller picture of the era. Analyzing these sources, Isaiah Gruber argues that the business activity of monasteries played a significant role in the origins and course of the Troubles and that frequent changes in power forced Church ideologues to innovate politically, for example inventing new justifications for power to be granted to the people and to royal women. These new ideas, Gruber contends, ultimately helped bring about a new age in Russian spiritual life and a crystallization of the national mentality.

Roots of Hate
Roots of Hate

Author: William Brustein

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-10-13

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780521774789

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William I. Brustein offers the first truly systematic comparative and empirical examination of anti-Semitism within Europe before the Holocaust. Brustein proposes that European anti-Semitism flowed from religious, racial, economic, and political roots, which became enflamed by economic distress, rising Jewish immigration, and socialist success. To support his arguments, Brustein draws upon a careful and extensive examination of the annual volumes of the American Jewish Year Books and more than 40 years of newspaper reportage from Europe's major dailies. The findings of this informative book offer a fresh perspective on the roots of society's longest hatred.