A concise history of Russia
By: Paul Bushkovitch
Series: Cambridge concise histories
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 491
ISBN-13: 9780521835626; 9780521543231
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Russia before Russia; title: Moscow, Novgorod, Lithuania, and the Mongols; title: The emergence of Russia; title: Consolidation and revolt; title: Peter the Great; title: Two empresses; title: Catherine the Great; title: Russia in the age of revolution; title: The pinnacle of autocracy; title: Culture and autocracy; title: The era of the great reforms; title: From serfdom to nascent capitalism; title: The golden age of Russian culture; title: Russia as an empire; title: Autocracy in decline; title: War and revolution; title: Compromise and preparation; title: Revolutions in Russian culture; title: Building utopia; title: War; title: Consolidation and stagnation; title: Soviet culture; title: The cold war; title: Epilogue : the end of the USSR.