A concise history of Russia

Bushkovitch, Paul. (Author).

Summary: This book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century.

Record details

ISBN: 9780521835626 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0521835623 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780521543231 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0521543231 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 491 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-471) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Russia before Russia -- Moscow, Novgorod, Lithuania, and the Mongols -- The emergence of Russia -- Consolidation and revolt -- Peter the Great -- Two empresses -- Catherine the Great -- Russia in the age of revolution -- The pinnacle of autocracy -- Culture and autocracy -- The era of the great reforms -- From serfdom to nascent capitalism -- The golden age of Russian culture -- Russia as an empire -- Autocracy in decline -- War and revolution -- Compromise and preparation -- Revolutions in Russian culture -- Building utopia -- War -- Growth, consolidation, and stagnation -- Soviet culture -- The cold war -- Epilogue : the end of the USSR.