Russia

A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the Present
8. New Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-09816-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 930 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

John Thompson