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Summary:

A History of Russia covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the post-communist present. Keeping with the hallmark of the text, Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russia's history--political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural--with a commitment to objectivity, fairness, and balance, and to reflecting recent research and new trends in scholarly interpretation.

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Kievan Rus
• Introduction: the lands and peoples of the Eurasian plain
• A political outline, c. 882-1240
• Institutions, economy, society
• Religion and culture
• Part II. Appanage Russia
• Introduction
• Mongol rule
• Lord Novgorod the Great
• The southwest and the northeast
• The rise of Moscow
• Institutions, economy, society
• Religion and culture
• Lithuania, Poland, and Russia
• Part III. Muscovite Russia
• Ivan the Terrible, 1533-84
• The time of troubles
• The early Romanovs, 1613-82
• Institutions, economy, society
• Religion and culture

• Part IV. Imperial Russia
• Peter the Great, 1682-1725
• From Peter the Great to Catherine the Great, 1725-1762: Catherine I, Peter II, Anne, Ivan IV, Elizabeth, and Peter III
• Catherine the Great, 1762-96, and Paul, 1796-1801
• Economy and society in the eighteenth century
• Russian culture in the eighteenth century
• Alexander I, 1801-25
• Nicholas I, 1825-55
• Economy and society before the great reforms
• Russian culture in the first half of the nineteenth century
• Alexander II, 1855-81
• Alexander III, 1881-94, and Nicholas II to the Revolution of 1905
• Nicholas II in the era of revolution and reform, 1905-17
• Economy and society from the great reforms to 1917
• Russian culture from the great reforms to the revolutions of 1917
• The revolutions of 1917
• Part V. Soviet Russia
• Revolutionary Russia, 1917-28
• The Stalin revolution, 1928-39
• The Soviet Union and the world, 1921-45
• Stalin's last years, 1945-53
• Politics and economy after Stalin, 1953-85
• Soviet society, 1917-85
• Soviet culture, 1917-85
• Glasnost, Perestroika, and the end of the Soviet Union, 1985-91
• Part VI. The Russian Federation
• Politics after communism: Yeltsin and Putin
• Economy, society, and culture after communism.

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Author/Creator:

Riasanovsky, Nicholas V. (Nicholas Valentine), 1923-2011 , author

Contributors:

Steinberg, Mark D., 1953- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

A history of Russia [by Riasanovsky, N.V.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: History of Russia [by Riasanovsky, N.V.] (New York : Oxford University Press, 2018 — ISBN 9780190645595; LCCN 2017035190)

Subjects:

Kyivan Rus — History

Russia — History

Soviet Union — History

Russia (Federation) — History

Russia

Soviet Union

Russia (Federation)

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages B-1-B-34) and index.

Creator Demographics:

Men
Riasonovsky: Californians
Riasonovsky: Russian Americans
Steinberg: Illinoisians
Americans
History teachers
University and college faculty members

Physical Description:

xx, 658 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Physical Characteristics:

map; illustration

Call Numbers:

DK40 .R5 2019

ISBNs:

9780190645601
0190645601
9780190645595 (ebk) [Invalid]
0190645598 [Invalid]
9780190645588 (pbk.)
019064558X (pbk.)

Other Standard Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: 40028038390

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017034961

OCLC Numbers:

994287621