A history of Russia
By: Nicholas V. Riasanovsky.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 726
Subjects: Russia -- History.; Soviet Union -- History.
Other titles: Russia
Description: "Now in its sixth edition, A History of Russia presents the whole span of Russia's history from the origins of the Kievan state and the building of an empire to Soviet Russia, the successor states, and beyond. Raisanovsky highlights the one event that has had the most profound effect on recent Russian history: the sudden and stunning collapse of the Soviet Union.

He explores a Russia that is fluid and transitional and full of possibilities and examines Russia's chance of becoming a more solid and stable country in the near future. The book updates existing coverage of the social, economic, cultural, political, and military events of Russia's past and includes a new chapter on the post-Gorbachev era as well as helpful updated bibliographies and reading source lists."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-646) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Introduction.; title: A geographical note; title: Russia before the Russians; title: Part 2 : Kievan Russia.; title: The establishment of the Kievan state; title: Kievan Russia : a political outline; title: Kievan Russia : economics, society, institutions; title: Kievan Russia : religion and culture; title: Part 3 : Appanage Russia.; title: Appanage Russia : Introduction; title: The Mongols and Russia; title: Lord Novgorod the Great; title: The Southwest and the Northeast; title: The Rise of Moscow; title: Appanage Russia : economics, society, institutions; title: Appanage Russia : religion and culture; title: The Lithuanian-Russian state; title: Part 4 : Muscovite Russia.; title: The reigns of Ivan the Terrible, 1533-84, and of Theodore, 1584-98; title: The time of troubles, 1598-1613; title: The reigns of Michael, 1613-45, Alexis, 1645-76, and Theodore, 1676-82; title: Muscovite Russia : economics, society, institutions; title: Muscovite Russia : religion and culture; title: The reign of Peter the Great, 1682-1725; title: Russian history from Peter the Great to Catherine the Great : the reigns of Catherine I, 1725-27, Peter II, 1727-30, Anne, 1730-40, Ivan VI, 1740-41, Elizabeth, 1741-62, and Peter III, 1762; title: The reigns of Catherine the Great, 1762-96, and Paul, 1796-1801; title: The economic and social development of Russia in the eighteenth century; title: Russian culture in the eighteenth century; title: The reign of Alexander I, 1801-25; title: The reign of Nicholas I, 1825-55; title: The economic and social development of Russia in the first half of the nineteenth century; title: Russian culture in the first half of the nineteenth century; title: The reign of Alexander II, 1855-81; title: The reign of Alexander III, 1881-94, and the first part of the reign of Nicholas II, 1894-1905; title: The last part of the reign of Nicholas II : the revolution of 1905 and the constitutional period, 1905-17; title: The economic and social development of Russia from the "Great Reforms" until the revolutions of 1917; title: Russian culture from the "Great Reforms" until the revolutions of 1917; title: The revolutions of 1917; title: Part 6 : Soviet Russia.; title: Soviet Russia : an introduction; title: War communism, 1917-21, and the new economic policy, 1921-28; title: The first three Five-Year Plans, 1928-41; title: Soviet foreign policy, 1921-41, and the Second World War, 1941-45; title: Stalin's last decade, 1945-53; title: The Soviet Union after Stalin, 1953-85; title: Soviet society and culture; title: The Gorbachev years, 1985-91, and the collapse of the Soviet Union; title: Part 7 : Russian Federation.; title: Yeltsin's Russia, 1991-1999; title: Appendix tables.; title: Russian rulers; title: Political subdivisions of the U.S.S.R. as of January 1, 1976; title: A select list of readings in English on Russian history