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A history of Russia, the Soviet Union, and beyond / David MacKenzie, Michael W. Curran.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1993.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxv, 912 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0534179703 (acid-free recycled paper)
  • 9780534179700 (acid-free recycled paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 947 20
LOC classification:
  • DK40 .M17 1993
Contents:
Introduction -- Ancient Rus -- The princes of Kievan Rus -- Kievan Rus : economic life, society, culture, and religion -- The ascendance of the southwest and the northeast -- The Mongols and Russia -- Novgorod and Lithuania -- The rise of Moscow -- Society, culture, and religion in appanage Rus -- The unification of great Russia -- Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584) -- The time of troubles -- Early Romanovs : politics and foreign affairs -- The early Romanovs : society, culture, and religion -- Peter the Great : politics, war, and diplomacy -- Peter the Great : social, economic, and religious policies -- The era of palace revolutions, 1725-1762 -- Catherine II rules and expands Russia, 1762-1796 -- Catherine II : economic, social, and cultural policies -- Bureaucratic monarchy : Paul and Alexander, 1796-1825 -- War and diplomacy, 1796-1825 -- Social, economic, and cultural development, 1796-1855 -- The "Iron Tsar" -- Political reform and minorities, 1855-1904 -- Social and economic development, 1855-1904 -- Diplomacy and empire, 1855-1905 -- Opposition to tsarism, 1855-1905 -- War, revolution, and reform, 1904-1905 -- Cultural developments, 1855-1917 -- War and revolution, 1914-1917 -- From March to November 1917 -- War communism -- The new economic policy and power struggle, 1921-1927 -- The politics of Stalinism, 1928-1941 -- The great transformation -- Soviet culture under Lenin and Stalin, 1917-1953 -- Soviet foreign relations until 1941 -- War and reconstruction, 1941-1953 -- The Khrushchev era, 1953-1964 -- The Brezhnev era, 1964-1982 -- Soviet culture since Stalin, 1953-1991 -- The Soviet gerontocracy, 1982-1985 -- The Gorbachev revolution, 1985-1991 -- The end of the Soviet Union, 1991-1992 -- Appendix A. Muscovite, Russian, and Soviet leaders, 1328-1991 -- Appendix B. Areas and populations of Soviet Union republics -- Appendix C. Populations of the 20 largest cities in the USSR -- Appendix D. Soviet production of selected industrial items.
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Updated ed. of: A history of Russia and the Soviet Union. 3rd ed. 1987.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 871-878) and index.

Introduction -- Ancient Rus -- The princes of Kievan Rus -- Kievan Rus : economic life, society, culture, and religion -- The ascendance of the southwest and the northeast -- The Mongols and Russia -- Novgorod and Lithuania -- The rise of Moscow -- Society, culture, and religion in appanage Rus -- The unification of great Russia -- Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584) -- The time of troubles -- Early Romanovs : politics and foreign affairs -- The early Romanovs : society, culture, and religion -- Peter the Great : politics, war, and diplomacy -- Peter the Great : social, economic, and religious policies -- The era of palace revolutions, 1725-1762 -- Catherine II rules and expands Russia, 1762-1796 -- Catherine II : economic, social, and cultural policies -- Bureaucratic monarchy : Paul and Alexander, 1796-1825 -- War and diplomacy, 1796-1825 -- Social, economic, and cultural development, 1796-1855 -- The "Iron Tsar" -- Political reform and minorities, 1855-1904 -- Social and economic development, 1855-1904 -- Diplomacy and empire, 1855-1905 -- Opposition to tsarism, 1855-1905 -- War, revolution, and reform, 1904-1905 -- Cultural developments, 1855-1917 -- War and revolution, 1914-1917 -- From March to November 1917 -- War communism -- The new economic policy and power struggle, 1921-1927 -- The politics of Stalinism, 1928-1941 -- The great transformation -- Soviet culture under Lenin and Stalin, 1917-1953 -- Soviet foreign relations until 1941 -- War and reconstruction, 1941-1953 -- The Khrushchev era, 1953-1964 -- The Brezhnev era, 1964-1982 -- Soviet culture since Stalin, 1953-1991 -- The Soviet gerontocracy, 1982-1985 -- The Gorbachev revolution, 1985-1991 -- The end of the Soviet Union, 1991-1992 -- Appendix A. Muscovite, Russian, and Soviet leaders, 1328-1991 -- Appendix B. Areas and populations of Soviet Union republics -- Appendix C. Populations of the 20 largest cities in the USSR -- Appendix D. Soviet production of selected industrial items.

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