The Kremlin
Abraham Ascher and the editors of the Newsweek Book Division
- Newsweek New York 1972
- 172 p.
- Wonders of man .
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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Kremlin (Moscow, Russia) Russia (Federation) Moscow --Kremlin