Title:
A concise history of Russia / Paul Bushkovitch.
Author:
Bushkovitch, Paul.
Publication Information:
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Call Number:
DK37 .B86 2012
Abstract:
This book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century.
Electronic Access:
ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10533183
ISBN:
9780521835626
9780521543231
Series:
Cambridge concise histories
Cambridge concise histories.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 491 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Russia before Russia -- Moscow, Novgorod, Lithuania, and the Mongols -- The emergence of Russia -- Consolidation and revolt -- Peter the Great -- Two empresses -- Catherine the Great -- Russia in the age of revolution -- The pinnacle of autocracy -- Culture and autocracy -- The era of the great reforms -- From serfdom to nascent capitalism -- The golden age of Russian culture -- Russia as an empire -- Autocracy in decline -- War and revolution -- Compromise and preparation -- Revolutions in Russian culture -- Building utopia -- War -- Growth, consolidation, and stagnation -- Soviet culture -- The cold war -- Epilogue : the end of the USSR.
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