A companion to Russian history / edited by Abbott Gleason.

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Gleason, Abbott, 1938-2015 [editor]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Blackwell companions to world historyPublication details: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.Description: xi, 554 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmISBN:

9781405135603 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405135603 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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338 DK 40 C737 2009

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Table of contents only

Contents:

Notes on Contributors x Russian Historiography after the Fall 1 (14) Abbott Gleason Part I Rus': The Early East Slavic World 15 (72) From ``Proto-Slavs'' to Proto-State 17 (17) P.M. Barford The First East Slavic State 34 (17) Janet Martin Rus' and the Byzantine Empire 51 (15) George Majeska The Mongols and Rus': Eight Paradigms 66 (21) Donald Ostrowski Part II To Muscovy and Beyond 87 (76) Muscovite Political Culture 89 (16) Nancy Shields Kollmann Slavery and Serfdom in Russia 105 (16) Richard Hellie Russian Art from the Middle Ages to Modernism 121 (24) Ilia A. Dorontchenkov The Church Schism and Old Belief 145 (18) Nadieszda Kizenko Part III The Russian Empire 163 (172) Petrine Russia 165 (15) Lindsey Hughes The Westernization of the Elite, 1725-1800 180 (16) Gary Marker The ``Great Reforms'' of the 1860s 196 (14) Danicl Field Industrialization and Capitalism 210 (15) Thomas C. Owen The Question of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia 225 (18) Christopher Ely Russia: Minorities and Empire 243 (18) Robert Geraci The Intelligentsia and its Critics 261 (18) Gary Saul Morson Russian Modernism 279 (16) Andrew Wachtel Russia's Popular Culture in History and Theory 295 (16) Louise McReynolds The Russian Experience of the First World War 311 (24) Melissa Stockdale Part IV The Soviet Union 335 (136) From the First World War to Civil War, 1914-1923 337 (16) Mark von Hagen The Woman Question in Russia: Contradictions and Ambivalence 353 (15) Elizabeth A. Wood Stalinism and the 1930s 368 (18) Lynne Viola The Soviet Union in the Second World War 386 (28) Nikita Lomagin The Cold War 414 (15) David C. Engerman Old Thinking and New: Khrushchev and Gorbachev 429 (22) Robert English The End of the Soviet Union 451 (20) Robert V. Daniels Part V Whither Russia? 471 (34) Russia's Post-Soviet Upheaval 473 (17) Bruce Parrott Russian History and the Future of Russia 490 (15) William E. Odom Index 505

Summary: This companion comprises 28 essays by international scholars offering an analytical overview of the development of Russian history from the earliest Slavs through to the present day.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes on Contributors x
Russian Historiography after the Fall
1 (14)
Abbott Gleason
Part I Rus': The Early East Slavic World
15 (72)
From ``Proto-Slavs'' to Proto-State
17 (17)
P.M. Barford
The First East Slavic State
34 (17)
Janet Martin
Rus' and the Byzantine Empire
51 (15)
George Majeska
The Mongols and Rus': Eight Paradigms
66 (21)
Donald Ostrowski
Part II To Muscovy and Beyond
87 (76)
Muscovite Political Culture
89 (16)
Nancy Shields Kollmann
Slavery and Serfdom in Russia
105 (16)
Richard Hellie
Russian Art from the Middle Ages to Modernism
121 (24)
Ilia A. Dorontchenkov
The Church Schism and Old Belief
145 (18)
Nadieszda Kizenko
Part III The Russian Empire
163 (172)
Petrine Russia
165 (15)
Lindsey Hughes
The Westernization of the Elite, 1725-1800
180 (16)
Gary Marker
The ``Great Reforms'' of the 1860s
196 (14)
Danicl Field
Industrialization and Capitalism
210 (15)
Thomas C. Owen
The Question of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia
225 (18)
Christopher Ely
Russia: Minorities and Empire
243 (18)
Robert Geraci
The Intelligentsia and its Critics
261 (18)
Gary Saul Morson
Russian Modernism
279 (16)
Andrew Wachtel
Russia's Popular Culture in History and Theory
295 (16)
Louise McReynolds
The Russian Experience of the First World War
311 (24)
Melissa Stockdale
Part IV The Soviet Union
335 (136)
From the First World War to Civil War, 1914-1923
337 (16)
Mark von Hagen
The Woman Question in Russia: Contradictions and Ambivalence
353 (15)
Elizabeth A. Wood
Stalinism and the 1930s
368 (18)
Lynne Viola
The Soviet Union in the Second World War
386 (28)
Nikita Lomagin
The Cold War
414 (15)
David C. Engerman
Old Thinking and New: Khrushchev and Gorbachev
429 (22)
Robert English
The End of the Soviet Union
451 (20)
Robert V. Daniels
Part V Whither Russia?
471 (34)
Russia's Post-Soviet Upheaval
473 (17)
Bruce Parrott
Russian History and the Future of Russia
490 (15)
William E. Odom
Index 505

This companion comprises 28 essays by international scholars offering an analytical overview of the development of Russian history from the earliest Slavs through to the present day.

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