Full name: The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture

Author: James H. Billington Year: 1966 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780394708461 0394708466

"A rich and readable introduction to the whole sweep of Russian cultural and intellectual history from Kievan times to the post-Khruschev era." --Library Journal. Complete with Illustrations, references and 32 pages of index, this is an exhaustive history of Russia and its peoples. Similar books: Natasha's Dance by Orlando Figes Russia by Martin Sixsmith Russia and the Russians by Geoffrey Hosking The Shadow of the Winter Palace by Edward Crankshaw Former People by Douglas Smith Land of the Firebird by Suzanne Massie Red Fortress by Catherine Merridale A History of Russia by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky Empire of the Czar by Astolphe de Custine In War's Dark Shadow by W. Bruce Lincoln The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore Russia and the Golden Horde by Charles J. Halperin The Romanovs by W. Bruce Lincoln The Russians by Hedrick Smith The New Russians by Hedrick Smith Dead Wake by Erik Larson One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer The History of Jihad by Robert Spencer