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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Plokhy, Serhii, 1957– author.
Title: Lost kingdom : the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present / Serhii Plokhy.
Description: New York : Basic Books, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017021215 (print) | LCCN 2017021309 (ebook) | ISBN 9780465097395 (ebook) | ISBN 9780465098491 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Nationalism—Russia. | Nationalism—Soviet Union. | Russia—History. | Russia—Territorial expansion. | Soviet Union—History. | Soviet Union—Territorial expansion. | Ukraine—History. | Belarus—History. | Imperialism—History. | BISAC: HISTORY / Europe / Eastern. | HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Classification: LCC DK43 (ebook) | LCC DK43 .P56 2917 (print) | DDC 947—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017021215
E3-20170831-JV-NF