| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 252 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Greenwood histories of the modern nations |
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Greenwood histories of the modern nations.
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| Contents |
Timeline of historical events -- Russia and its people -- Kievan Russia and the Mongol experience -- Muscovite Russia, 1240-1613 -- Russia under the Romanovs : empire and expansion, 1613-1855 -- Reform, reaction, and revolution, 1855-1921 -- Building communism, 1921-1953 -- De-Stalinization and developed socialism, 1953-1985 -- Gorbachev, perestroika, and the collapse of communism -- Russia's search for democracy : the Yeltsin era -- Return to authoritarianism : Putin and after -- Notable people in the history of Russia -- Glossary of selected terms |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: When first published, Charles Ziegler's The History of Russia was acclaimed as a source of information not easily found elsewhere, and as "clear, balanced, and insightful," by Rajan Menon of Lehigh University. Now Ziegler's remarkable volume returns, fully updated to be the work of choice for readers looking for an introduction to the history of the world's largest country. The History of Russia: Second Edition moves from the 10th-century founding of Kievan Rus to the czars to the Communist Era to the present, with particular emphasis on the fall of the Soviet Union and the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. In addition to a new chapter on the tumultuous last decade, this edition features an updated introduction and an expanded chapter on the Yeltsin Era |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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| SUBJECT |
Russia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004044
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Soviet Union -- History
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Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001058
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| Subject |
Russia
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Russia (Federation)
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780313363085 |
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0313363080 |
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0313363072 |
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9780313363078 |
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1282341650 |
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9781282341654 |
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9786612341656 |
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6612341653 |
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