Description
| Product ID: | 9781644695876 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Ivan the Terrible in Russian Historical Memory since 1991 |
| Authors: | Author: Charles J. Halperin |
| Page Count: | 308 |
| Subjects: | Historiography, Historiography, History, Social and cultural history, Political leaders and leadership, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Social & cultural history, Political leaders & leadership |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Comparisons of Ivan the Terrible to Stalin have exacerbated the politicization of his image. Russians have never agreed on his role in Russian history, but his reign is too important to ignore. This book explores Russia's contradictory historical memory of Ivan in scholarly, pedagogical and political publications. Tsar Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV, 1533-1584) is one of the most controversial rulers in Russian history, infamous for his cruelty. He was the first Russian ruler to use mass terror as a political instrument, and the only Russian ruler to do so before Stalin. Comparisons of Ivan to Stalin only exacerbated the politicization of his image. Russians have never agreed on his role in Russian history, but his reign is too important to ignore. Since the abolition of censorship in 1991 professional historians and amateurs have grappled with this problem. Some authors have manipulated that image to serve political and cultural agendas. This book explores Russia’s contradictory historical memory of Ivan in scholarly, pedagogical and political publications. |
| Imprint Name: | Academic Studies Press |
| Publisher Name: | Academic Studies Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-07-29 |
