ISBN:
0674004736
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 718 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
DDC:
947
Keywords:
Russia History
;
Soviet Union History
;
Russia (Federation) History
;
1991-
;
Russia
;
History
;
Soviet Union
;
History
;
Russia (Federation)
;
History
;
1991-
;
Russland
;
Geschichte
;
Russland
;
Geschichte
;
Sowjetunion
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction: Geopolitics, ecology, and national character. -- I. Pre-imperial Rus and the beginnings of empire. Kievan Rus, the Mongols, and rise of Muscovy ; Ivan IV and the expansion of Muscovy. -- II. The troubled building of empire. The turbulent seventeenth century ; Peter the Great and Europeanization. -- III. Russia as a European empire. State and society in the eighteenth century ; The reigns of Paul, Alexander I, and Nicholas I. -- IV. Imperial crisis. Alexander II's uncertain reforms ; The rise of nationalism. -- V. Revolution and utopia. Social change and revolution ; War and revolution ; Social transformation and terror ; Soviet society takes shape. -- VI. The decline and fall of utopia. Recovery and Cold War ; Soviet society under "developed socialism" ; From perestroika to Russian Federation. -- Chronology
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Geopolitics, ecology, and national character. -- I. Pre-imperial Rus and the beginnings of empire. Kievan Rus, the Mongols, and rise of Muscovy ; Ivan IV and the expansion of Muscovy. -- II. The troubled building of empire. The turbulent seventeenth century ; Peter the Great and Europeanization. -- III. Russia as a European empire. State and society in the eighteenth century ; The reigns of Paul, Alexander I, and Nicholas I. -- IV. Imperial crisis. Alexander II's uncertain reforms ; The rise of nationalism. -- V. Revolution and utopia. Social change and revolution ; War and revolution ; Social transformation and terror ; Soviet society takes shape. -- VI. The decline and fall of utopia. Recovery and Cold War ; Soviet society under "developed socialism" ; From perestroika to Russian Federation. -- Chronology.
Note:
Includes index
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