Understanding Russian History

History of Russia is an extremely fascinating and a very complicated subject. Recent and not so recent political events are often difficult to understand. What if there were a book, that explained everything on this subject and was also fun to read? Such book exists!

I believe that Jennifer Eremeeva’s book Have Personality Disorder, Will Rule Russia: A Concise History of Russia will help to understand more about Russia’s history, which is valuable now. History always repeats itself as we know.

Jennifer majored in Russian area studies in a Columbia University, so the book is based on research facts. She managed to do the impossible – distill many centuries of Russian history – Kiev Rus, The Tatar Mongol Yoke, Tsar times, USSR time and modern time into a concise and witty book. Despite the odious title, this book is not banishing Russia, it just explains more about the mentality of Russian leaders and population. Here is what Jennifer says about the subject:

“I always think about Russian history in terms of a wide-screen, surround sound IMAX theater. Russian history is epic, larger than life and hyperbolic. The good guys are positively angelic and the bad guys are truly heinous.”