Черная легенда. Друзья и недруги Великой степи

by Lev Gumilev

V nastoyaschij sbornik vklyucheny raboty L.N.Gumileva, posvyaschennye odnoj iz naibolee ostryh istoricheskih problem - probleme predvzyatogo otnosheniya k narodam Velikoj stepi, o kotoryh slozhilos' predstavlenie kak ob iznachal'no dikih, zhestokih i otstalyh. V knige vskryvayutsya istoricheskie korni etogo mifa, nazvannogo L.N.Gumilevym "chernoj legendoj," razvenchivayutsya preuvelichennye predstavleniya ob uzhasah tataro-mongol'skogo iga na Rusi, pokazany istinnye vzaimootnosheniya Rusi i Ordy i ih posledstviya. Zavershaet knigu panorama mnenij, vyskazannyh po obsuzhdaemomu "bol'nomu" voprosu istorikami raznyh, v tom chisle i pryamo protivopolozhnyh drug drugu napravlenij.

412 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Lev Nikolayevich Gumilev (Лев Гумилев) was a Soviet and Russian historian, ethnologist, anthropologist and translator. He had a reputation for his highly unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and historiosophy. He was an exponent of Eurasianism. According to geographer Mark Bassin, Lev Gumilev, whose books have now sold millions of copies, can be compared in terms of influence to Herodotus, Karl Marx, Oswald Spengler or Albert Einstein.