Chubarov, Alexander.     The frafile Empire [Text] : A History of Imperial Russia / A. Chubarov. - [S. l.] : Continuum, 1999. - 244 p. - ISBN 0-8264-1188-6 : Б. ц. Аннотация: Imperial Russia has been the subject of much romanticizing, perhaps in a reaction to decades of official Soviet lambasting. Alexander Chubarov stresses a blanced examination in The Fragile Empire: A History of Imperial Russia...Chubarov defines important political trends from the reign of Peter the Great (with a brief chapter on pre-Petrine Russia) to the fall of the Romanovs. Russian history buffs and novices will appreciate Chubarov's ability to condense a wealth of details while keeping the book accessible. Держатели документа: МУБиНТ Свободных экз. нет