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Russian History
Here are some books about the history of
Russia:
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By Nicholas Riasanovsky
Oxford University Press, USA
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Now completely revised in this eighth edition, 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. New chapters on politics, society, and culture since 1991 explore Russia's complex experience after communism and discuss its chances of becoming a more stable and prosperous country in the future.
Widely acclaimed as the best one-volume history available, A History of Russia is also available in two split volumes--the first covers early Russia through the nineteenth century and the second ranges from 1855 to the present. Volume II features an additional introductory chapter that links Russia's modern history to the events that preceded it.
New to this Edition:
* Greater attention to social and cultural history
* Updated to cover the Putin and Medvedev administrations
* Increased coverage of women and everyday life
* Expanded treatment of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century
* Completely redesigned maps with new full-color reference maps |
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By David Goldfrank, Catherine Evtuhov & Houghton Mifflin Company
Wadsworth Publishing
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A History of Russia: Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces is a comprehensive narrative conceived and developed after the collapse of the former Soviet Union. Informed by the burgeoning historiography of the 1990s, the text balances political and economic explorations of everyday life, social roles, cultural dynamics, and gender issues. Socio-political changes in Russia have changed the way Russian history is taught, and most texts currently available are written from a pre-Confederation point of view that may be unsuitable for today's classroom. This text provides strong coverage of 20th-century Russia and the U.S.S.R. without sacrificing its coverage of earlier historical periods. - This text provides comprehensive coverage of gender, ethnicity, and nationality issues.
- The text includes an in-depth exploration of frontiers, civil-military relations, and the social history of the military and military doctrine.
- The volume includes coverage of high culture, urban and frontier life, folk culture, and religious culture, especially Russian Orthodox and Islam.
- There is consistent inclusion of the various ethnic groups which formed the Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
- Modern, easy-to-read maps are placed within larger geographical contexts to enhance reader comprehension.
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By Robert Service
Harvard University Press
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Russia had an extraordinary twentieth century, undergoing upheaval and transformation. Updating his acclaimed History of Modern Russia, Robert Service provides a panoramic perspective on a country whose Soviet past encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror, and two world wars. He shows how seven decades of communist rule, which penetrated every aspect of Soviet life, continue to influence Russia today. This new edition takes the story from 2002 through the entire presidency of Vladimir Putin to the election of his successor, Dmitri Medvedev. |
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By Philip Longworth
St. Martin's Press
Released: 2006-11-28
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Through the centuries, Russia has swung sharply between successful expansionism, catastrophic collapse, and spectacular recovery. This illuminating history traces these dramatic cycles of boom and bust from the late Neolithic age to Ivan the Terrible, and from the height of Communism to the truncated Russia of today. Philip Longworth explores the dynamics of Russia’s past through time and space, from the nameless adventurers who first penetrated this vast, inhospitable terrain to a cast of dynamic characters that includes Ivan the Terrible, Catherine the Great, and Stalin. His narrative takes in the magnificent, historic cities of Kiev, Moscow, and St. Petersburg; it stretches to Alaska in the east, to the Black Sea and the Ottoman Empire to the south, to the Baltic in the west and to Archangel and the Artic Ocean to the north. Who are the Russians and what is the source of their imperialistic culture? Why was Russia so driven to colonize and conquer? From Kievan Rus’---the first-ever Russian state, which collapsed with the invasion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century---to ruthless Muscovy, the Russian Empire of the eighteenth century and finally the Soviet period, this groundbreaking study analyses the growth and dissolution of each vast empire as it gives way to the next. Refreshing in its insight and drawing on a vast range of scholarship, this book also explicitly addresses the question of what the future holds for Russia and her neighbors, and asks whether her sphere of influence is growing. |
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By Abraham Ascher
Oneworld Publications
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From the emergence of the first Slavic state to the election of new President Dmitry Medvedev, this is a concise and thoughtful guide to the complex and turbulent history of Russia and its people. A skilful blend of detail and analysis, this stimulating introduction is newly updated to cover Russia's growing economic stature as well as the mounting divergence between the foreign policy stance of Russia and the US. |
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By Nicholas V. Riasanovsky
Oxford University Press, USA
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Riasanovsky's History of Russia has defined the market and set a standard for accurate, balanced interpretation, and attention to political, social, and cultural history and international relations. Featuring a new co-author, Mark Steinberg, this seventh edition includes more information on the politics and economics of post-Socialism and on post-Soviet society and culture. Volume two covers 1855 to the present. |
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By James Cracraft
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
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Focusing on internal developments in Imperial Russia, this book provides even-handed coverage of the period, with thorough attention to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Political history is balanced with a clear vision of social and economic change.
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