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Storia della Russia / Roger Bartlett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Italian Series: Oscar Storia ; no. 463.Publication details: Milano : Oscar Mondadori, 2007.Description: 326 p. : illISBN:
  • 9788804571216
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 947
LOC classification:
  • 338 DK 40  B289s 2007
Contents:
The geographical setting -- The origins to 1300 : Kiev and Sarai -- Kiev Rus -- The Mongols : the "Tatar yoke" -- 1300-1600 : Moscow and Novgorod : the emergence of empire and absolute rule -- The principality of Moscow -- Ivan IV -- The development of serfdom and the end of the dynasty -- 1600-1760 : Moscow and St. Petersburg : the genesis of the imperial state -- Crisis, recovery, and change -- Petrine Russia -- The "peasant state" : the peasantry and serfdom -- Peter's successors, 1725-62 : the age of palace revolutions -- 1760-1860 : Russia and Europe : apogee and decline of the autocratic state -- The servile-absolute system : domestic consolidation and decay -- Russia and the borders of the Europeans' world -- The peasant question -- 1860-1917 : Europe and Russia : stabilisation and collapse of the autocratic state -- From the "great reforms" to 1905 -- The transmutation of the countryside after 1861 -- Revolution from below : 1905-17 -- The flowering of civil and urban society : 1861-1917 -- The development of a revolutionary movement : 1861-1917 -- 1917-1953 : Russian empire and Soviet Union : from pariah to superpower -- "Building socialism" -- Party, society, and ideology : 1921-41 -- The coming of the "great fatherland war" -- Reconstruction, Cold War, and the death of Stalin : 1945-1953 -- 1953-1991 : the Soviet Union as world power : retreat from utopia -- The advance to "developed socialism" : 1953-85 -- International relations of a superpower -- Regime and society -- Perestroika and the end of the USSR : 1985-91 -- The Russian Federation after 1991 : free market and democracy? -- Identity, democracy, and the market -- The Yeltsin succession and the Putin years.
Summary: Russia is the largest country on the planet, a multi-ethnic empire, a great power of global significance. For much of its history it has been a 'peasant state', in which peasant society and values interacted critically with those of the ruling elites. In modern times its society has produced artists, writers, musicians, scientists and cosmonauts who have made a unique contribution to world culture. In the twentieth century, Russia has been the scene of the world's greatest social experiment - the most powerful challenge ever mounted to hegemonic Western values. Roger Bartlett traces the history of the country from its beginnings in Kiev Russia, through the Muscovite and Imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet periods, to the start of the twenty-first century. While offering a broad perspective on Russia's historical development, Bartlett focuses on the origins of Russian political culture and the place of the majority peasant population in the Russian/Soviet polity. Lucid, balanced and authoritative, it is the ideal introduction for all those with an interest in Russia's past, and its significance for the country's present. -- Back cover
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The geographical setting --
The origins to 1300 : Kiev and Sarai --
Kiev Rus --
The Mongols : the "Tatar yoke" --
1300-1600 : Moscow and Novgorod : the emergence of empire and absolute rule --
The principality of Moscow --
Ivan IV --
The development of serfdom and the end of the dynasty --
1600-1760 : Moscow and St. Petersburg : the genesis of the imperial state --
Crisis, recovery, and change --
Petrine Russia --
The "peasant state" : the peasantry and serfdom --
Peter's successors, 1725-62 : the age of palace revolutions --
1760-1860 : Russia and Europe : apogee and decline of the autocratic state --
The servile-absolute system : domestic consolidation and decay --
Russia and the borders of the Europeans' world --
The peasant question --
1860-1917 : Europe and Russia : stabilisation and collapse of the autocratic state --
From the "great reforms" to 1905 --
The transmutation of the countryside after 1861 --
Revolution from below : 1905-17 --
The flowering of civil and urban society : 1861-1917 --
The development of a revolutionary movement : 1861-1917 --
1917-1953 : Russian empire and Soviet Union : from pariah to superpower --
"Building socialism" --
Party, society, and ideology : 1921-41 --
The coming of the "great fatherland war" --
Reconstruction, Cold War, and the death of Stalin : 1945-1953 --
1953-1991 : the Soviet Union as world power : retreat from utopia --
The advance to "developed socialism" : 1953-85 --
International relations of a superpower --
Regime and society --
Perestroika and the end of the USSR : 1985-91 --
The Russian Federation after 1991 : free market and democracy? --
Identity, democracy, and the market --
The Yeltsin succession and the Putin years.

Russia is the largest country on the planet, a multi-ethnic empire, a great power of global significance. For much of its history it has been a 'peasant state', in which peasant society and values interacted critically with those of the ruling elites. In modern times its society has produced artists, writers, musicians, scientists and cosmonauts who have made a unique contribution to world culture. In the twentieth century, Russia has been the scene of the world's greatest social experiment - the most powerful challenge ever mounted to hegemonic Western values. Roger Bartlett traces the history of the country from its beginnings in Kiev Russia, through the Muscovite and Imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet periods, to the start of the twenty-first century. While offering a broad perspective on Russia's historical development, Bartlett focuses on the origins of Russian political culture and the place of the majority peasant population in the Russian/Soviet polity. Lucid, balanced and authoritative, it is the ideal introduction for all those with an interest in Russia's past, and its significance for the country's present. -- Back cover

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