Across the revolutionary divide
Subtitle: Russia and the USSR, 1861-1941
By: Theodore R. Weeks.
Series: Blackwell history of Russia
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781405169615; 9781405169608
Subjects: Social change -- Russia -- History; Social change -- Soviet Union -- History; Russia -- History -- Alexander II, 1855-1881; Russia -- History -- Alexander III, 1881-1894; Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917; Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936; Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953; Soviet Union -- History -- 1939-1945
Description: "Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia and the USSR 1861-1945 offers a broad interpretive account of Russian history from the emancipation of the serfs to the end of World War II. Provides a coherent overview of Russia's development from 1861 through to 1945; Reflects the latest scholarship by taking a thematic approach to Russian history and bridging the ‘revolutionary divide’ of 1917; Covers political, economic, cultural, and everyday life issues during a period of major changes in Russian history; Addresses throughout the diversity of national groups, cultures, and religions in the Russian Empire and USSR; Shows how the radical policies adopted after 1917 both changed Russia and perpetuated an economic and political rigidity that continues to influence modern society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics; title: Society; title: Nations; title: Modernization; title: Belief; title: World; title: Culture; title: Conclusion; title: Timeline.