The Place of Russia in Europe and Asia - (Chsp Hungarian Authors) by Gyula Szvák (Hardcover)

About the Book

Papers from biennial conferences conducted by the Center for Russian Studies of ELTE (E'otv'os Lorand University), Budapest, from 1998 to 2006.

Book Synopsis

Gyula Szvak selects essays from the proceedings of the international seminars that took place between 1998 and 2008 under the auspices of the Russian Studies Center, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Among the contributors are Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Paul Dukes, Nancy S. Kollman, Maureen Perry, and the recently deceased Ruslan G. Skyrnnikov.

About the Author

Gyula Szvák is professor of Russian history and director of the Russian Studies Center at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences and serves on the editorial board of two academic journals published in Russia: Rossiyskaya Istoriya and Istoriya i istoriki. He is the author of fifteen books on Muscovy and the age of Peter the Great. His previous English-language monograph, False Tsars, was published in 2000.