Empire and Nation in Russian History

Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures

by Geoffrey Hosking

Hosking presents the historical conception of Russia as two nations―imperial and ethnic―and relates this to the challenge facing present-day Russia, that of creating a democratic nation without an empire.

38 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1993

About the author

Geoffrey Alan Hosking is a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union and formerly Leverhulme Research Professor of Russian History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) at University College, London.