Russian Realities & Problems

by Duff

Excerpt from Russian Realities and Problems August 1916, during the Summer Meeting arranged by the Local Examinations and Lectures Syndicate. The main subject of study at this meeting was Russia and Poland, and, out of the many lectures that were then delivered, these have been chosen for publication, because each of the speakers is, in his own department, an unsurpassed authority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1917

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I narrated a book for Librivox last winter about the end of Imperial Russia. When I finished, I asked my proof listener what he thought of the author's reflections, and he suggested I read this one next. I was fascinated by the fact that this series of lectures about Russia was delivered at Cambridge in 1916--just before the Bolsheviks took power. I wondered what was said at that crucial point in time, and I enjoyed the process of narrating the first five of the lectures. The last one is intriguing--on the history of science and learning in Russia--but oh so very long and rambling that I struggled to complete the project. I learned so much, however, from all of it. Fascinating country, history, demography, etc.

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bunch of lectures on the issues in the current Russia of that day. I only read it because it contained the only English material I could find by Roman Dmowski.