Russia: A Social History

by D.S. Mirsky, Unknown, C. G. Seligman (Editor)

This history of Russia from prehistoric times to 1916 is not intended to serve as a chronicle of events, but is rather a study of the social and cultural development of the Russian nation and its related neighbors, the White Russians and the Ukrainians.

370 pages, Hardcover

First published April 10, 1984

About the author

Dmitry Petrovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky, better known as D.S. Mirsky, was a Russian political and literary historian who promoted the knowledge and translations of Russian literature in Britain and of English literature in the Soviet Union. He wrote one of the most comprehensive histories of Russian literature.