Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825

Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825 is an elegant new book created by a team of leading historians in collaboration with The New York Public Library. Featuring 120 striking images, many in full color, from the Library's extraordinary collections, the volume--a companion to the Library's major exhibition of the same name--includes eight essays, a succinct chronology of Russian history during the period under review, and a checklist of the works in the exhibition.