Russia
Subtitle: The Once and Future Empire From Pre-History to Putin
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: November 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780312360412
Subjects: Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); History; History - General History; Russia; Russia (Federation); Soviet Union; History: World
Table of contents: title: The Russians : who are they?; title: The first Russian state; title: Reincarnation; title: The foundations of an empire; title: Ivan IV and the first imperial expansion; title: The crash; title: Recovery; title: Peter the Great and the breakthrough to the west; title: Glorious expansion; title: The romantic age of empire; title: Descent to destruction; title: The construction of a juggernaut; title: The high tide of Soviet imperialism; title: Autopsy on a deceased empire; title: Reinventing Russia