Russia—Past and Present 1. George Vernadsky: Kievan Russia. (New Haven: Yale University Press. 1948. Pp. xii, 386. $5.00.) 2. George P. Fedotov: The Russian Religious Mind. Kievan Christianity. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 1946. Pp. xvi, 438. $6.00.) 3. Hans von Eckhardt: Russisches Christentum. (Muenchen: Piper & Co. 1947. Pp. xi, 327.) 4. Leonid I. Strakhovsky: Alexander I of Russia. (New York: W. W. Norton & Co. Pp. 302. $3.50.) 5. Andrei A. Lobanov-Rostovsky: Russia and Europe 1789–1825. (Durham, N. C.: Duke University Press. 1947. Pp. xviii, 448. $5.00.) 6. Joshua Kunitz: Russia The Giant that Came Last. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1947. Pp. xviii, 413. $5.00.) 7. Fedor Stepun: Vergangenes und Unvergängliches. (Muenchen