Odyssey Russia & Asia - nomadic & oriental traditions

A study of nomadic and oriental traditions in Russian history - in this new guide the author, Edgar Knobloch takes a contemporary and slightly unconventional view of Russian history. Using economic and legal analyses, archaeology and the history of art, as well as analogies with other countries and cultures, he charts the influences and traditions of the Eastern civilisations in Russian history and explains a continuous line of development from the earliest past right down to our own times.