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A concise history of Russia
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Title
A concise history of Russia / Paul Bushkovitch.
ISBN
9780521835626 (hardback : alk. paper)
0521835623 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521543231 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521543231 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
xxiv, 491 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 15, 2012
Series
Cambridge concise histories
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-471) and index.
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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