A concise history of Russia /
Bushkovitch, Paul.
New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-471) and index.
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.