Russia and the Russians a history /
Chronicles the history of the Russian Empire from the Mongol Invasion, through the Bolshevik Revolution, to the aftereffects of the Cold War.
| Main Author: | Hosking, Geoffrey A. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge, MA :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2001.
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| Physical Description: |
xiii, 718 pages, 32 leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : geopolitics, ecology, and national character
- Pre-imperial Rus and the beginnings of empire. Kievan Rus, the Mongols, and the rise of Muscovy ; Ivan IV and the expansion of Muscovy
- The troubled building of empire. The turbulent seventeenth century ; Peter the Great and Europeanization
- Russia as European empire. State and society in the eighteenth century ; The reigns of Paul, Alexander I, and Nicholas I
- Imperial crisis. Alexander II's uncertain reforms ; The rise of nationalism
- Revolution and utopia. Social change and revolution ; War and revolution ; Social transformation and terror ; Soviet society takes shape
- The decline and fall of utopia. Recovery and Cold War ; Soviet society under "developed socialism" ; From perestroika to Russian Federation.