Russia in the Making

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-06464-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

In Russia in the Making (originally published in 1957), John Lawrence presents the long and complicated history of Russia as a living and intelligible whole from the very beginning. Based on a wide knowledge of Russian history and a considerable experience of Soviet ways, his book provides an admirable starting point for wider reading. The author gives a clear outline which demonstrates how authoritarianism is in the tradition of Russian history. Full value is given to the immense changes brought about by the revolution, and the book ends with an analysis of the changes in social structure that forced Stalin’s work into another mould.

This book demands no previous knowledge of its subject. The author has used his knowledge of Soviet ways to produce from a complicated and confusing record a most readable and easily digestible narrative.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawrence, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Forest and Steppe 1. In the Beginning 2. The Age of Kiev 3. The Resurgence of the Steppe 4. Roots of the Polish Problem 5. The Cities of the West Comparative Dates Part 2: The Age of Moscow 6. The Rise of Moscow 7. The First Age of Moscow 8. Ivan the Terrible 9. The Time of Troubles 10. The Last Age of Muscovy 11. The Two Nations Comparative Dates Part 3: The Age of St. Petersburg 12. Peter the Great and the Foundations of Modern Russia 13. The Eighteenth Century 14. Foundations of the Nineteenth Century 15. Shades of the Prison House 16. The Beginning of Modern Russia 17. The First Age of Industrialism 18. The Foundations Crack Comparative Dates Part 4: The Soviet Age  19. The Time of the Breaking of Nations 20. A New Time of Troubles 21. A Breathing Space 22. Stalin’s Revolution 23. War and the Cold War 24. Russia on the Move Comparative Dates

Über Autor(innen)

John Lawrence was a British diplomat and writer. He lived in Russia as British Press Attaché for more than three years during the war. Among other things, he was the editor of British Ally, an uncensored weekly newspaper in Russian which circulated freely all over the Soviet Union. He was also the editor of The Christian News Letter.