Serhii Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. The New York Times bestselling author of The Gates of Europe and Nuclear Folly, Plokhy is an award-winning author of numerous books. He lives in Burlington, Massachusetts.
"Lost Kingdom is an erudite exploration of the contradictions of
Russian nationalism, whose history shows it to be both inclusive
and exclusive, universalistic and identitarian, often in quick
succession or even simultaneously. A master historian on top of his
game, Serhii Plokhy lays out the challenges this past presents for
transforming Russia into a better country for its people and its
neighbors."
--Odd Arne Westad, author of The Cold War: A World History
"[A] sweeping study... Mr. Plokhy seeks to explain the centrality
of the so-called western provinces to Russian identity. This is not
merely an intellectual exercise but one closely linked to
contemporary geostrategic debates. As Mr. Plokhy writes: 'The
question of where Russia begins and ends, and who constitutes the
Russian people, has preoccupied Russian thinkers for centuries.'
... his study...show[s] why this question is of such
importance."--Wall Street Journal
"A timely work of impeccable research that elucidates the Russian
impulse toward regaining lost lands under a powerful myth of
origins.... Plokhy continues to show that he is the master of this
terrain."--Kirkus Reviews
"In Lost Kingdom, Serhii Plokhy does for Russia what only great
historians can do -- make the connections between the distant past
and vital present feel relevant and alive. He brings Russia's
centuries of struggle with nationalism and imperialism into the
near focus of Vladimir Putin's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and
annexation of Crimea. Lost Kingdom carefully and colorfully relates
how the fires of history and myth burned from before the first
tsars to Peter the Great, through the Bolsheviks, World War II, and
the fall of the Soviet Union. With Russia everywhere in the news
today, and every pundit pretending to be an expert, Lost Kingdom is
essential reading for those wishing to understand Russia beyond the
headlines."
--Garry Kasparov, author of Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin
and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
"Plokhy eloquently relates the historical ebbs and flows of Russian
nationalism and imperialism... [his] thorough historical analysis
places President Vladimir Putin's 21st-century foreign policy in a
firm historical context."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"That said, to Plokhy's enormous credit, he shows us these spirited
contestations with ab-solute mastery. Though written with grace for
a wide audience and spanning five centuries in just 350 pages, this
is a subtle, precise, and deeply learned book."--Willard
Sunderland, Journal of Modern History
"[F]ascinating and constantly stimulating."--Slavic Review
"Engaging... Plokhy paints a rich and colorful picture of the
historical events that influenced debates about Russia's conception
of its geopolitical position."--Michigan War Studies Review
"Learned, engaging, and timely, Lost Kingdom recounts in
fascinating detail the story of the Russian nation across several
tumultuous centuries, from its earliest days up to the regime of
Vladimir Putin. Internationally acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhy
knows his subject like few others, and he writes with aplomb and a
keen eye for the ironies, contingencies, and tragedies of this
history. A book that should be read by everyone seeking to
understand Russia today."
--Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight
of the Romanovs
"Lucid and well-paced."--Times Higher Education
"The kind of magisterial history that only a seasoned historian
with full command of his field can write... [a] masterful
text."--Russian Review
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