Pushkarev Sergei Compiler (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Covers have some wear and soiling. Some endpaper discoloration. Some edge soiling. Some staining to the back of the top edge of Volume 3. Volume 1, xxviii, 306, xxix-xlv, [1] pages. References (in text). Guide to Main Topics. List of Items by Chapters. List of Abbreviations. Bibliography. Permissions. Volume 2, xxvi, [2], 309-584, xxvii-xliii, [7] pages. Volume 3, xxvi, [2], 587-884, xxvii-xliii, [1] pages. George Vernadsky (August 20, 1887 - June 12, 1973) was a Russian-born American historian and an author of numerous books on Russian history. In 1927, Michael Rostovtzeff and Frank A. Golder offered Vernadsky a position at Yale University in the United States. At Yale, he first served as a research associate in history (1927-1946), and then became a full professor of Russian history in 1946. He served in that position until his retirement in 1956. He died in New Haven on June 12, 1973. Among the topics covered are: Pre-Kievan Beginnings, Kievan Russia, Novgorod, Pskov, Lithuania, Muscovy, Ukraine, Peter the Great, Catherine II, Alexander I, Decembrists, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II, Duma, First World War, Russian Revolution.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 3 volumes (complete). 884pp (total) + prelims/bibliographies. Black cloth in jackets. Ex-library with usual stamps etc (inc withdrawn stamps). Slight fading to spines, light foxing. A nice set. Vol 1: Early Times to te Late Seventeenth Century; Vol 2:Peter the great to Nicholas I; Vol 3 Alexander II to the february Revolution.Include selections representing about 700 primary sources dealing with political, legal, and administrative history (including central and local government, armed forces, revolutionary movements); economic history; social, cultural and intellectual history (including literature, science, education, religion, the press); history of the Lithuanian Russian state, the Ukraine, Belorussia, Siberia, the Cossacks, history of Russion expansion, history of non-Russian nationalities; diplomatic history and the history of Russian foreign relations. Approx 75% of the items have not previously been published in English. Important reference. Size: Small 4to. Ex-Library.…