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Russia is famous for its vodka, and its culture of extreme intoxication. But just as vodka is central to the lives of many Russians, it is also central to understanding Russian history and politics. In Vodka Politics, Mark Lawrence Schrad argues that debilitating societal alcoholism is not hard-wired into Russians' genetic code, but rather their autocratic political system, which has long wielded vodka as a tool of statecraft. Through a series of historical investigations stretching from Ivan the Terrible through Vladimir Putin, Vodka Politics presents the secret history of the Russian state itself.

Two grad school historians in training discuss Women's and African American history while utilizing their unique perspectives as a Black man and a white woman. These conversations are designed to make you think, laugh, and learn by tackling topics like murder, gender, race, and so much more. From obscure historical stories you have never heard about to well-known events, Maybe Water, Maybe Vodka has you covered

Il professor Massimo Ramaioli parla della storia della Russia, dalla geografia alla politica.Lista delle opere consultateOpere letterarieFedor Dostoevskij, I Fratelli KaramazovFedor Dostoevskij, L’IdiotaFedor Dostoevskij, Delitto e CastigoFedor Dostoevskij, I DemoniLeo Tolstoj, Guerra e PaceLeo Tolstoj, Morte di Ivan IlichMichail Bulgakov, Il Maestro e MargheritaGrossman, Vita e DestinoOpere accademicheStephen Kotkin, Armageddon AvertedStephen Kotkin, Stalin Vol I Paradoxes of PowerStephen Kotkin, Stalin Vol II Waiting for HitlerRobert Service, Lenin: A political LifeRobert Service, Comrades...