Russia and the Soviet Union
Subtitle: An Historical Introduction from the Kievan State to the Present
Edition: 5th edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780813341460
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Russia - History; History - General History; History: World; Russia; Soviet Union; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History; Russia (Federation)
First sentence: Most Americans, even those accustomed to the transcontinental reach of their own country, find it difficult to comprehend the vast expanse of territory encompassed in the old Russian empire, which became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.