Geoffrey Hosking is Emeritus Professor of Russian History at University College London.

• Maps The Expansion of Muscovy in the 16th and 17th Centuries The Expansion of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century Russian Expansion under Catherine the Great Russia at its Greatest Extent Acknowledgements Introduction The Russian Empire: How and Why State-Building The First Crises of Empire The Secular State of Peter the Great Assimilating Peter's Heritage The Apogee of the Secular State Social Classes, Religion and Culture in Imperial Russia The Nobility The Army The Peasantry The Orthodox Church Towns and the Missing Bourgeoisie The Birth of the Intelligentsia Literature as 'Nation-Builder' Imperial Russia under Pressure The Reforms of Alexander II Russian Socialism Russification The Revolution of 1905-7 The Duma Monarchy Conclusions Afterthoughts on the Soviet Experience Chronology Notes Index

The loss of empire has left many Russians bewildered because their view of themselves as a nation had been intimately connected with their self-image as a great imperial power. It has revealed how weakly developed is the Russians' sense of national identity. Mr. Hosking attributes that weakness to imperialism overwhelming nationhood in Russia's history...The problem Mr. Hosking raises is not new, but he is the first to explore it in depth.

Geoffrey Hosking is Emeritus Professor of Russian History at University College London.

• Maps The Expansion of Muscovy in the 16th and 17th Centuries The Expansion of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century Russian Expansion under Catherine the Great Russia at its Greatest Extent Acknowledgements Introduction The Russian Empire: How and Why State-Building The First Crises of Empire The Secular State of Peter the Great Assimilating Peter's Heritage The Apogee of the Secular State Social Classes, Religion and Culture in Imperial Russia The Nobility The Army The Peasantry The Orthodox Church Towns and the Missing Bourgeoisie The Birth of the Intelligentsia Literature as 'Nation-Builder' Imperial Russia under Pressure The Reforms of Alexander II Russian Socialism Russification The Revolution of 1905-7 The Duma Monarchy Conclusions Afterthoughts on the Soviet Experience Chronology Notes Index

The loss of empire has left many Russians bewildered because their view of themselves as a nation had been intimately connected with their self-image as a great imperial power. It has revealed how weakly developed is the Russians' sense of national identity. Mr. Hosking attributes that weakness to imperialism overwhelming nationhood in Russia's history...The problem Mr. Hosking raises is not new, but he is the first to explore it in depth.

Geoffrey Hosking is Emeritus Professor of Russian History at University College London.

• Maps The Expansion of Muscovy in the 16th and 17th Centuries The Expansion of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century Russian Expansion under Catherine the Great Russia at its Greatest Extent Acknowledgements Introduction The Russian Empire: How and Why State-Building The First Crises of Empire The Secular State of Peter the Great Assimilating Peter's Heritage The Apogee of the Secular State Social Classes, Religion and Culture in Imperial Russia The Nobility The Army The Peasantry The Orthodox Church Towns and the Missing Bourgeoisie The Birth of the Intelligentsia Literature as 'Nation-Builder' Imperial Russia under Pressure The Reforms of Alexander II Russian Socialism Russification The Revolution of 1905-7 The Duma Monarchy Conclusions Afterthoughts on the Soviet Experience Chronology Notes Index

The loss of empire has left many Russians bewildered because their view of themselves as a nation had been intimately connected with their self-image as a great imperial power. It has revealed how weakly developed is the Russians' sense of national identity. Mr. Hosking attributes that weakness to imperialism overwhelming nationhood in Russia's history...The problem Mr. Hosking raises is not new, but he is the first to explore it in depth.