The Making of Modern Russia
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 30. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-0-14-015715-4 (ISBN)
Description
The third revised edition begins with the arrival of the Slavs in the 6th century and ends with Gorbachev, the demise of communism and an outline of the Yeltsin years. Greater attention has been paid to developments in Russian provinces and also to the history of arts and cultural life.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
glossary, further reading, index
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-015715-4 (9780140157154)
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Previous edition
Lionel Kochan | Abraham
The Making of Modern Russia
Book
06/1991
2nd Edition
Penguin Books Ltd
€32.37
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Content
The rise and fall of Kiev Rus; the Mongol conquest and the rise of Muscovy; the formation of a national state; Ivan The Terrible and the crisis of Russian autocracy; the time of troubles; the growth of absolution - the early Romanovs; expansion and bureaucracy - the age of Peter The Great; the birth of civil society; liberators and gendarmes; from reform to assassination; economic development and social change in the late imperial era; towards the first Russian revolution; last years of empire; war and revolution; red victory; recovery and consolidation ; The Revolution and the world; Stalinism; the great patriotic war; building an empire; from neo-Leninism to stagnation; the paradoxes of 'mature socialism'; the USSR as a world power; Gorbachev and after.