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Russia and the Russians : a history
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- ISBN: 9780674061958 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0674061950 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 40019858972
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 728 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Geopolitics, ecology, and national character -- I. Pre-imperial Rus and the beginnings of empire. Kievan Rus, the Mongols, and the rise of Muscovy ; Ivan IV and the expansion of Muscovy -- II. The troubled building of empire. The turbulent seventeenth century ; Peter the Great and Europeanization -- III. Russia as European empire. State and society in the eighteenth century ; The reigns of Paul, Alexander I, and Nicholas I -- IV. Imperial crisis. Alexander II's uncertain reforms ; The rise of nationalism -- V. Revolution and utopia. Social change and revolution ; War and revolution ; Social transformation and terror ; Soviet society takes shape -- VI. The decline and fall of utopia. Recovery and Cold War ; Soviet society under "developed socialism" ; From Perestroika to Russian Federation -- Chronology. |
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Subject: | Russia History Soviet Union History Russia (Federation) History 1991- National characteristics, Russian |