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# A Short History of Russia: How to Understand the World's Most Complex Nation Paperback – 12 May 2022

**Brand:** mark galeotti
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- **What is this?** A Short History of Russia: How to Understand the World's Most Complex Nation Paperback – 12 May 2022 by mark galeotti
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ informative and very readable
*by H***W on 30 May 2025*

concise, informative and easily digested overview of this complex and disturbing country

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3.5 stars if possible
*by J***N on 28 September 2022*

The book is ok. While the author disclaims that the length it is too short to accurately depict history, the book feels like a brain dump from an expert, rather than a carefully constructed story. I do miss footnotes or actual quotes from other books embedded in. At the end of each chapter he suggests complementary reads, which is welcomed, but it still feels more of a glossed over interpretation rather than a depiction.I've bought after this book, Serhii Plokhy's "The Gates of Europe" -on Ukrainian history I must point-, which has a far more elaborated style, is carefully constructed and well documented. Makes it more grounded, trusted and enjoyable.Serhii is a Harvard professor on the topic.On the upside, Mark's book is an easy and quick read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sparkling and stimulating
*by D***K on 16 November 2022*

Sparkling and stimulating, crisp and compelling: not perhaps words that one would expect to describe a book on Russia's turgid and sombre history. The text is filled with illuminating insights that enable us to understand not only how Russia came to be as it is but also how Russians understand themselves; this is not so much about the past as how the past is part of the present. For example, reading of the brutal era of psychotic czar Ivan 'the Terrible' illuminates our understanding of the reign of contemporary Vlad the Vicious (Putin) that reads almost like a reincarnation. Other works may have more ponderous scholarship - one thinks of Isaiah Berlin's monumental tomes on the Russian philosophers - but this work has the virtue of brevity and lightness of touch that engages us on a journey of enlightenment. History may not repeat itself but certainly casts long shadows that this book helps to penetrate. It deserves a place on the library shelf of any self-respecting slavophile.

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