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An edition of A history of Russia (1963)

A history of Russia

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"Now in its sixth edition, A History of Russia presents the whole span of Russia's history from the origins of the Kievan state and the building of an empire to Soviet Russia, the successor states, and beyond. Raisanovsky highlights the one event that has had the most profound effect on recent Russian history: the sudden and stunning collapse of the Soviet Union.

He explores a Russia that is fluid and transitional and full of possibilities and examines Russia's chance of becoming a more solid and stable country in the near future. The book updates existing coverage of the social, economic, cultural, political, and military events of Russia's past and includes a new chapter on the post-Gorbachev era as well as helpful updated bibliographies and reading source lists."--BOOK JACKET.

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Oxford University Press
Language
English
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History, Russia (federation), history, Soviet union, history, Social life and customs, Soviet Union -- History
Places
Soviet Union, Russia, USSR
Times
800s-2010s

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Table of Contents

Part 1 : Introduction.
A geographical note
Russia before the Russians
Part 2 : Kievan Russia.
The establishment of the Kievan state
Kievan Russia : a political outline
Kievan Russia : economics, society, institutions
Kievan Russia : religion and culture
Part 3 : Appanage Russia.
Appanage Russia : Introduction
The Mongols and Russia
Lord Novgorod the Great
The Southwest and the Northeast
The Rise of Moscow
Appanage Russia : economics, society, institutions
Appanage Russia : religion and culture
The Lithuanian-Russian state
Part 4 : Muscovite Russia.
The reigns of Ivan the Terrible, 1533-84, and of Theodore, 1584-98
The time of troubles, 1598-1613
The reigns of Michael, 1613-45, Alexis, 1645-76, and Theodore, 1676-82
Muscovite Russia : economics, society, institutions
Muscovite Russia : religion and culture
The reign of Peter the Great, 1682-1725
Russian history from Peter the Great to Catherine the Great : the reigns of Catherine I, 1725-27, Peter II, 1727-30, Anne, 1730-40, Ivan VI, 1740-41, Elizabeth, 1741-62, and Peter III, 1762
The reigns of Catherine the Great, 1762-96, and Paul, 1796-1801
The economic and social development of Russia in the eighteenth century
Russian culture in the eighteenth century
The reign of Alexander I, 1801-25
The reign of Nicholas I, 1825-55
The economic and social development of Russia in the first half of the nineteenth century
Russian culture in the first half of the nineteenth century
The reign of Alexander II, 1855-81
The reign of Alexander III, 1881-94, and the first part of the reign of Nicholas II, 1894-1905
The last part of the reign of Nicholas II : the revolution of 1905 and the constitutional period, 1905-17
The economic and social development of Russia from the "Great Reforms" until the revolutions of 1917
Russian culture from the "Great Reforms" until the revolutions of 1917
The revolutions of 1917
Part 6 : Soviet Russia.
Soviet Russia : an introduction
War communism, 1917-21, and the new economic policy, 1921-28
The first three Five-Year Plans, 1928-41
Soviet foreign policy, 1921-41, and the Second World War, 1941-45
Stalin's last decade, 1945-53
The Soviet Union after Stalin, 1953-85
Soviet society and culture
The Gorbachev years, 1985-91, and the collapse of the Soviet Union
Part 7 : Russian Federation.
Yeltsin's Russia, 1991-1999
Appendix tables.
Russian rulers
Political subdivisions of the U.S.S.R. as of January 1, 1976
A select list of readings in English on Russian history

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-646) and index.

Other Titles
Russia

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
947
Library of Congress
DK40 .R5 2000, DK40.R5 2000

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xx, 726 p.
Number of pages
726
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL390448M
ISBN 10
0195121791
LCCN
98056640
OCLC/WorldCat
40588507
Library Thing
20506
Goodreads
1970362

Work Description

A History of Russia covers the span of the country's history, from ancient times to the post-communist present. Keeping with the hallmark of the text, Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russia's history--political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural--with a commitment to objectivity, fairness, and balance, and to reflecting recent research and new trends in scholarly interpretation. New chapters on politics, society, and culture since 1991 explore Russia's complex experience after communism and discuss its chances of becoming a more stable and prosperous country in the future.

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