Russian Realities & Problems

by James Duff Duff

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

254 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1917

About the author

James Duff Duff (1860-1940), also known as J.D. Duff, was a Scottish translator and classical scholar best known for his edition of Juvenal. He was a Cambridge Apostle.

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.