This first English translation of the only comprehensive and thorough history of Russian culture in any language is a publication of unique importance. Endowed with scholarly authority, it traces in broad outline the long rich story of the development of religion, literature, and the arts from their earliest manifestations to modern times. Originally published in 1941 in three sections, Religion and the Church, Literature, and Architecture, Painting and Music, it is here presented in one volume.

Translated by: Valentine Ughet, Eleanor Davis