'A straightforward account of a complicated story ... a valuable introduction to the general reader.' The Sunday Times
Extensively revised and based on documentation only recently made available in the West, this is the ideal one-volume survey of centuries of Russian history Reflecting the changed outlook of Russia...
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Robert Service here presents a comprehensive overview of Russian history that treats the years from 1917 to 2009 and analyses the peculiar mixture of political, economic and social ingredients that made up the Soviet compound.
A History of Modern Russia: (First Edition)
Nancy Shields Kollmann describes how these codes were manipulated to construct identity and enforce social norms—and also to defend against insults, to pursue vendettas, and to unsettle communities.
Exploring the subject in seven clearly defined chronological periods, this text examines the politics, economics, culture of Russia, and studies its evolving relationship with neighbouring states.
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...
The Making of Russian History: Society, Culture, and the Politics of Modern Russia : Essays in Honor of Allan K....
In this important new book, Gaidar clearly illustrates why Russian nostalgia for empire is dangerous and ill-fated: "Dreams of returning to another era are illusory. Attempts to do so will lead to defeat.
Profiles three people who helped form the Soviet Union: Peter the Great, Karl Marx, and Vladimir Lenin.