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A concise history of Russia /

This book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bushkovitch, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Colección:Cambridge concise histories.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.