Mastering twentieth century Russian history
By: Norman Lowe.
Series: Palgrave master series
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
Subjects: Russia -- History -- 20th century -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.; Soviet Union -- History -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Genres: Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Other titles: Mastering 20th century Russian history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-484) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: Russia in the twentieth century 1; title: 1.1 An overview of Russian history in the twentieth century 1; title: 1.2 The writing of Russian history 4; title: Notes 9; title: 2 Russia before the First World War 10; title: Summary of events 10; title: 2.1 Russian government and society before 1905 11; title: 2.2 Revolutionary ideas and parties 24; title: 2.3 The revolution of 1905 32; title: 2.4 Russian agriculture in 1914 - how backward was it? 37; title: 2.5 Russian industry in 1914-how'modern'was it? 41; title: 2.6 The political system after 1905 - the Duma experiment 44; title: 2.7 Was the collapse of Tsarism inevitable by 1914? 49; title: Documents 55; title: Notes 61; title: 3 The First World War and the collapse of Tsarism, 1914-17 62; title: Summary of events 62; title: 3.1 Russia's foreign relations and the approach of war 65; title: 3.2 The war and its impact on the Tsarist system 75; title: Documents 86; title: Notes 90; title: 4 The failure of the Provisional Government and the Bolshevik; title: seizure of power, February-October 1917 92; title: Summary of events 92; title: 4.1 The failure of the Provisional Government 94; title: 4.2 The Bolshevik seizure of power - October 1917 105; title: 4.3 Coup or mass insurrection? 108; title: Documents 114; title: Notes 118; title: 5 Lenin and the Bolsheviks in power, 1917-24 119; title: Summary of events 119; title: 5.1 The political situation - the Constituent Assembly 124; title: 5.2 Land and economic problems 128; title: 5.3 Russia withdraws from the First World War 132; title: 5.4 The drift towards violence 136; title: 5.5 The Civil War 141; title: 5.6 The New Economic Policy (NEP) 154; title: 5.7 Foreign affairs and the Communist International 164; title: 5.8 Russia, government, nationalities and the 1922 constitution 166; title: 5.9 Education, culture, the arts and religion under the Bolsheviks 174; title: 5.10 Assessments of Lenin 180; title: Documents 186; title: Notes 191; title: 6 Stalin in control - Russia transformed 193; title: Summary of events 193; title: 6.1 Trotsky or Stalin? The struggle for power after Lenin's death 195; title: 6.2 The end of the New Economic Policy: why was it abandoned? 203; title: 6.3 The collectivization of agriculture 207; title: 6.4 Industry and the Five-Year Plans 218; title: 6.5 Politics and the Purges 230; title: 6.6 Everyday life and culture under Stalin 244; title: Documents 258; title: Notes 263; title: 7 The Great Patriotic War and Stalin's Last Years, 1941-53 267; title: Summary of events 267; title: 7.1 Foreign relations and the background to war 269; title: 7.2 The USSR at war, 1941-45 282; title: 7.3 The aftermath of the war and Stalin's final years, 1945-53 310; title: 7.4 The beginnings of the Cold War 316; title: 7.5 Assessments of Stalin 329; title: Documents 334; title: Notes 340; title: 8 The Khrushchev era and de-Stalinization, 1953-64 342; title: Summary of events 342; title: 8.1 The rise of Khrushchev and the attack on Stalin, 1953-57 343; title: 8.2 Problems and new policies 352; title: 8.3 Foreign affairs: co-existence and the Cold War 361; title: 8.4 Downfall and assessment of Khrushchev 369; title: Documents 373; title: Notes 375; title: 9 The Brezhnev years - the USSR stagnates, 1964-85 377; title: Summary of events 377; title: 9.1 Personnel and policies 378; title: 9.2 Everyday life, dissent and opposition 383; title: 9.3 Brezhnev and eastern Europe 387; title: 9.4 Foreign affairs and detente 389; title: 9.5 The end of an era 392; title: Documents 396; title: Notes 399; title: 10 Gorbachev and the end of the Soviet Union, 1985-91 401; title: Summary of events 401; title: 10.1 The struggle for reform 403; title: 10.2 Foreign affairs - the end of the Cold War 409; title: 10.3 The end of communism in eastern Europe 412; title: 10.4 Gorbachev runs into problems 417; title: 10.5 The USSR disintegrates 424; title: 10.6 Assessments of Gorbachev 438; title: Documents 446; title: Notes 451; title: 11 Russia underYeltsin, 1991-99 453; title: Summary of events 453; title: 11.1 Economic catastrophe and political crisis, 1992-93 454; title: 11.2 The end of 'market romanticism' 463; title: 11.3 Yeltsin's second term, 1996-99 468; title: Documents 474; title: Notes 477.