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This lucid account of Russian and Soviet history presents major trends and events from ancient Kievan Rus’ to Vladimir Putin’s presidency of the twenty-first century. Now thoroughly revised and updated, Russia and the Soviet Union 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. The sixth edition includes a new chapter on Vladimir Putin, additional treatment of social and foreign policy issues, and an updated chapter on post-Soviet Russia and the Yeltsin era. Distinguished by its brevity and amply supplemented with useful maps, illustrations, photos, 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.Contents 1. Ancient Russia and the Kievan State2. Russia Divided and Conquered, 1054–14623. Moscow and “the Gathering of the Russian Lands,” 1328–15334. Ivan the Terrible and the Time of Troubles, 1533–16185. The Molding of Russian Society, 1613–16896. Peter the G

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Author
Thompson, John M.
Publisher
Westview ; Perseus Running [distributor
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780813343952
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Anthropology, Humanities

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