Red Fortress: History and Illusion in the Kremlin

ISBN-13: 9781250056146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 528 str.

Catherine Merridale

Opis

The Kremlin is the heart of the Russian state, its very name a byword for enduring power. From Ivan the Terrible to Vladimir Putin, generations of Russian leaders have sought to use the Kremlin to legitimize their vision of statehood. To this day, its red stars and golden crosses blazing side by side, the Kremlin fulfills a centuries-old role: linking the country's present to its distant past and proclaiming the eternal continuity of the Russian state.Drawing on a dazzling array of sources from unseen archives and rare collections, renowned historian Catherine Merridale traces the full history of this enigmatic compound of palaces and cathedrals, whose blood-red walls have witnessed more than eight hundred years of political drama and extraordinary violence. And with the Kremlin as a unique lens, Red Fortress brings into focus the evolution of Russia's culture and the meaning of its politics.

O autorze

Catherine Merridale arbeitete für ihre Dissertation über "Die Basis der Kommunistischen Partei in Moskau während Stalins Aufstieg in den 20er und 30er Jahren" an der Moskauer Staatsuniversität. Promotion 1987 in Cambridge. Anschließend Dozentin am King s College, Cambridge. Seit 1993 Professorin für Geschichte an der Universität von Bristol. Zahlreiche Beiträge über sowjetische und russische Geschichte und Politik sowie zwei Bücher: Moscow Politics and the Rise of Stalin und Perestroika: The Historical Perspective.