'A straightforward account of a complicated story ... a valuable introduction to the general reader.' The Sunday Times
"Drawing on documentation only recently made available in the West, this extensively revised and updated edition reflects current views, in Russia and abroad, on the country's past as it approaches...
P. Avrich, Russian Rehels, 1600—1800 (London, 1973), Part I. And see M. Perrie, 'Russian pretenders of the early seventeenth century', History Today, February 1981. See also G. E. Orchard 'The election of Michael ' Romanov, ...
In this Now-Classic Book, The Making of the Soviet System, Moshe Lewin traces the transformation of Russian society and the Russian political system in the period between the two world...
An authoritative and masterful account of Russian nationalism, Lost Kingdom chronicles the story behind Russia's belligerent empire-building quest.
"Moshe Lewin traces the transformation of Russian society and the Russian political system in the period between the two world wars, a transformation that was to lead to Stalinism in...
28 Service, Russia; 183–5; Merridale, Journal of Contemporary History, December 2003, 23; Andrew Meier, Black Earth: A Journey through Russia After the Fall, New York, 2003; Sheila Fitzpatrick, Tear of the Masks!
The book contextualises more recent periods with chapters on the earlier years of the Urals and covers the key environmental as well as economic, political and cultural themes.
“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern Russia and its wars with Ukraine, with its neighbors, with America, and with the West.” —Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy ...
"This volume offers a lively introduction to Russia's dramatic history and the striking changes that characterize its story.