
Russia
A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the Present
John Thompson(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
8th Edition
Published on 13. June 2019
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-367-09816-2 (ISBN)
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Description
This lucid account of Russian and Soviet history presents major trends and events from ancient Kievan Rus' to Vladimir Putin's presidency in the twenty-first century. Russia does not shy away from controversial topics, including the impact of the Mongol conquest, the paradoxes of Peter the Great, the "inevitability" of the 1917 Revolution, the Stalinist terror, and the Gorbachev reform effort. Tackling those topics and others, the new edition is updated to discuss the Russia-Georgia war of 2008, the 2013-2014 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, the war in eastern Ukraine, and the Russian annexation of Crimea. Distinguished by its brevity and amply supplemented with useful images and suggested readings, this essential text provides balanced coverage of all periods of Russian history and incorporates economic, social, and cultural developments as well as politics and foreign policy.
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Edition
8th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-09816-2 (9780367098162)
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Christopher J. Ward | John M. Thompson
Russia
A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the Present
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07/2021
9th Edition
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John M. Thompson | Christopher J. Ward
Russia (Eighth Edition)
A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the Present
Book
07/2017
8th Edition
Westview Press Inc
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Person
John Thompson
Content
Preface , Preface to the First Edition , Introduction: Ancient Russia and Kievan Rus' , Kievan Rus' in Crisis and the Mongol Contact, 1054-1462 , The Rise of Moscow, 1328-1533 , Ivan the Terrible and the Time of Troubles, 1533-1618 , The Molding of Imperial Russian Society, 1613-1689 , Peter the Great and the Conundrum of Westernization, 1689-1725 , Change and Continuity, 1725-1801 , Autocracy, Dissent, and Ferment, 1801-1855 , Reform, Reaction, and Modernization, 1855-1904 , Revolution, Reform, and War, 1904-1917 , Revolution, Civil War, and the Founding of the Soviet State, 1917-1928 , The Stalin Revolution and World War II, 1928-1946 , The Soviet Union During the Cold War: Superpower, Stability, and Stagnation, 1946-1984 , Gorbachev and the Collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 , Russia in a Post-Soviet World, 1991-2000 , The Putin Era: Russia in the Twenty-First Century