Hedrick Smith has done what we all wish we could do: he has gone to Russia and spoken to the people. Over steaming samovars， in cramped flats， and on dirt-floors， he has spoken to peasants and bureaucrats， artists and officials. He has studied their customs and their governments and shares his fascinating insights and fresh perspectives with us.

作者曾于1971——1974年任《纽约时报》驻莫斯科分社社长，现任《纽约时报》国内版副编辑。作者利用新闻记者的身份，到过苏联城乡很多地方采访，同各阶层人士有过广泛接触，《俄国人》就是根据他在苏联耳闻目睹的亲身经历写成的。

作者曾于1971——1974年任《纽约时报》驻莫斯科分社社长，现任《纽约时报》国内版副编辑。作者利用新闻记者的身份，到过苏联城乡很多地方采访，同各阶层人士有过广泛接触，《俄国人》就是根据他在苏联耳闻目睹的亲身经历写成的。

An Undisputed Classic, November 20, 2000 By Maximillian Ben Hanan (Sacramento, California, USA) - See all my reviews It's really difficult to find a better book as an introduction to contemporary history. Now that the Berlin Wall has fallen, it's difficult for current generations of American university students to understand what Communism was like. Even current generations of...(展开全部)

An Undisputed Classic, November 20, 2000 By Maximillian Ben Hanan (Sacramento, California, USA) - See all my reviews It's really difficult to find a better book as an introduction to contemporary history. Now that the Berlin Wall has fallen, it's difficult for current generations of American university students to understand what Communism was like. Even current generations of...(展开全部)

Hedrick Smith has done what we all wish we could do: he has gone to Russia and spoken to the people. Over steaming samovars， in cramped flats， and on dirt-floors， he has spoken to peasants and bureaucrats， artists and officials. He has studied their customs and their governments and shares his fascinating insights and fresh perspectives with us.

作者曾于1971——1974年任《纽约时报》驻莫斯科分社社长，现任《纽约时报》国内版副编辑。作者利用新闻记者的身份，到过苏联城乡很多地方采访，同各阶层人士有过广泛接触，《俄国人》就是根据他在苏联耳闻目睹的亲身经历写成的。

作者曾于1971——1974年任《纽约时报》驻莫斯科分社社长，现任《纽约时报》国内版副编辑。作者利用新闻记者的身份，到过苏联城乡很多地方采访，同各阶层人士有过广泛接触，《俄国人》就是根据他在苏联耳闻目睹的亲身经历写成的。

From the Carpathians in the west to the Greater Khingan range in the east, a huge, flat expanse dominates the Eurasian continent. Here, over more than a thousand years, the history and destiny of Russia have unfolded. In a sweeping narrative, one of the English-speaking world's leading historians of Russia follows this story from the first emergence of the Slavs in the historic...(展开全部)

杰弗里·霍斯金（Geoffrey Hosking） 伦敦大学教授，俄罗斯历史专家。他少年时期便开始自学俄语，大半生时间致力于研究和教 授俄罗斯历史。著有多部作品，包括《苏联》《俄罗斯：1552—1917年的帝国和人民》等，曾获得《洛杉矶时报》历史类图书奖。