The Cossack myth [electronic resource] : history and nationhood in the age of empires / Serhii Plokhy.
Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-
2012
DK508.46 .P55 2012eb
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Title The Cossack myth [electronic resource] : history and nationhood in the age of empires / Serhii Plokhy.
Author Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-
ISBN 9781139526173 electronic book
1139526170 electronic book
9781107022102
110702210X
9781139135399 electronic book
1139135392 electronic book
Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2012]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 386 p.) : maps.
Other Standard Identifiers 9786613887214
Call Number DK508.46 .P55 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 947.7/00491714
Summary "In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, a mysterious manuscript began to circulate among the dissatisfied noble elite of the Russian Empire. Entitled 'The History of the Rus,' it became one of the most influential historical texts of the modern era. Attributed to an eighteenth-century Orthodox archbishop, it described the heroic struggles of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Alexander Pushkin read the book as a manifestation of Russian national spirit, but Taras Shevchenko interpreted it as a quest for Ukrainian national liberation and it would inspire thousands of Ukrainians to fight for the freedom of their homeland. Serhii Plokhy tells the fascinating story of the text's discovery and dissemination unravelling the mystery of its authorship and tracing its subsequent impact on Russian and Ukrainian historical and literary imagination. In so doing he brilliantly illuminates the relationship between history, myth, empire and nationhood from Napoleonic times to the fall of the Soviet Union"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series New studies in European history.
Available in Other Form Cossack myth.
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Part I. The Mystery
A call for freedom
The Cossack annals
The birth of the myth
Part II. On a Cold Trail
A noble heart
The Cossack prince
The Kyiv manuscript
Part III. Pieces of a Puzzle
A matter of time
Uncovering the motive
How did he do it?
The Cossack treasure
Part IV. Unusual Suspects
People and places
The Cossack aristocrats
The liberated gentry
A history teacher
Part V. Whodunit?
A missing name
Family matters
The rivals
Epilogue
Appendix: Cossack family networks.

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