| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Brief history |
|
Brief history.
|
| Contents |
1. Before the Russians: Kievan Rus, and Muscovite Russia (Tenth Century B.C.E.-1462 C.E.) -- 2. Independence and Unification: The Last Rurikids to the First Romanovs (1462-1694) -- 3. Imperial Russia: The Eras of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great (1694-1801) -- 4. The Nineteenth-Century Crisis: The Mystic and the Knout (1801-1855) -- 5. Reform, Reaction, and Revolution (1855-1917) -- 6. The Golden and Silver Ages: Russian Cultural Achievement from Pushkin to World War I (1820-1917) -- 7. Soviet Russia: Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Realities (1917-1953) -- 8. Soviet Russia: Reform, Decline, and Collapse (1953-1991) -- 9. Post-Soviet Russia: Yeltsin and Putin (1991-2008) -- 10. Conclusion: The Russian Riddle |
| Summary |
Provides an overview of Russia, from its early beginnings in the ninth century to the current presidency of Vladimir Putin, detailing the social, economic, and political changes and crises that the people of Russia have had to endure |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-287) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Russia (Federation) -- History.
|
|
USSR -- History.
|
| Genre/Form |
History.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
0816071128 (print) |
|
1282038826 |
|
143810829X (electronic bk.) |
|
9780816071128 (print) |
|
9781282038820 |
|
9781438108292 (electronic bk.) |
|
