"This new and enlarged version of Readings in Russian Civilization is
the result of fairly extensive revisions. There are now 72 instead of 64
items; 20 of the selections are new. The first volume has undergone the
least change with 3 new items, of which 2 appear in English for the
first time. In the second volume there are 6 new items; all of them
appear in English for the first time. The third volume has undergone the
greatest revision, with 11 new items, of which 6 are newly translated
from the Russian. It is the editor's hope that items left out in the new
edition will not be sorely missed, and that the new selections will turn
out to be useful and illuminating. The aim, throughout, has been to
cover areas of knowledge and periods which had been neglected in the
first edition, and to include topics which are important in the study of
the Russian past and present.
"The bibliographical headnotes have been enlarged, with the result that
there are now approximately twice as many entries as in the old edition.
New citations include not only works which have appeared since 1963, but
also older books and articles which have come to the editor's
attention."-From the Editor's Preface
". . . a judicious combination of seminal works and more recent
commentaries that achieves the editor's purpose of stimulating curiosity
and developing a point of view."-C. Bickford O'Brien, The Russian
Review
"These three volumes cover quite well the main periods of Russian
civilization. The choice of the articles and other material is made by a
competent and unbiased scholar."-Ivan A. Lopatin, Professor of Asian and
Slavic Studies, University of Southern California
