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Name: The Icon and the Axe

Full title: The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture
Author: James H. Billington
Year: 1966
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"A rich and readable introduction to the whole sweep of Russian cultural and intellectual history from Kievan times to the post-Khruschev era." --Library Journal.

Complete with Illustrations, references and 32 pages of index, this is an exhaustive history of Russia and its peoples.
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