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The Kremlin

by Ascher, Abraham
Additional authors: Newsweek Book Division
Series: Wonders of man Published by : New York (Newsweek) Physical details: 172 p. Year: 1972
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900 - 999 914.731 Asc (Browse shelf) Available Gift 65207

Includes Index

The Kremlin in history / by Abraham Ascher. A citadel of wood ; The third Rome ; Ivan the awe-inspiring ; Troubled times ; A window to the West ; Enlightened empress -- or autocrat? ; Russia under the Romanovs ; Nerve center of the Soviet state -- The Kremlin in literature -- Reference. Chronology of Russian history ; Genealogy: the Romanov dynasty ; Guide to the Kremlin ; Selected bibliography ; Acknowledgments and picture credits ; Index.

"Supplementing this ... narrative are some 120 illustrations--one half in full color. Manuscript illuminations, revered icons--both religious and historical--and numerous paintings, woodcuts, and modern photographs trace the evolution of the Kremlin through the more than eight centuries of its tumultuous history"--Cover.

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