Russia and the Soviet Union : a historical introduction from the Kievan State to the present /

Russia and the Soviet Union : a historical introduction from the Kievan State to the present / John M. Thompson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, John M. (John Means)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, A member of the Perseus Books Group, [2013]
Edition:Seventh edition.
Subjects:
Kyivan Rus > History.
Russia > History.
Soviet Union > History.
Russia (Federation) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Ancient Russia and the Kievan State
  • Russia divided and conquered, 1054-1462
  • Moscow and "The gathering of the Russian lands," 1328-1533
  • Ivan The Terrible and the Time of Troubles, 1533-1618
  • Molding of Russian society, 1613-1689
  • Peter the Great and westernization, 1689-1725
  • Change and continuity, 1725-1801
  • Power, backwardness, and creativity, 1801-1855
  • Reform, reaction, and modernization, 1855-1904
  • Revolution, reform, and war, 1904-1917
  • Revolution, civil war, and the founding of soviet society, 1917-1928
  • Second revolution, the Stalinist system, and World War II, 1928-1946
  • Soviet Union as a superpower: change, stagnation, and "Cold War", 1946-1984
  • Gorbachev "Revolution" and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1983-1991
  • "New" Russia in the post-Soviet era, 1991-2000
  • The Putin era: progress and problems, 2000-2012.

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