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Author : David MacKenzie,Michael W. Curran
Publisher : Irwin Professional Publishing
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89048865810
Author : Maureen Perrie,D. C. B. Lieven,Ronald Grigor Suny
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521812276
An authoritative history of Russia from early Rus' to the reign of Peter the Great.
Author : Peter Kenez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139451024
An examination of political, social and cultural developments in the Soviet Union. The book identifies the social tensions and political inconsistencies that spurred radical change in the government of Russia, from the turn of the century to the revolution of 1917. Kenez envisions that revolution as a crisis of authority that posed the question, 'Who shall govern Russia?' This question was resolved with the creation of the Soviet Union. Kenez traces the development of the Soviet Union from the Revolution, through the 1920s, the years of the New Economic Policies and into the Stalinist order. He shows how post-Stalin Soviet leaders struggled to find ways to rule the country without using Stalin's methods but also without openly repudiating the past, and to negotiate a peaceful but antipathetic coexistence with the capitalist West. In this second edition, he also examines the post-Soviet period, tracing Russia's development up to the time of publication.
Author : Sheila Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231556842
In 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries came to power in the war-torn Russian Empire in a way that defied all predictions, including their own. Scarcely a lifespan later, in 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed as accidentally as it arose. The decades between witnessed drama on an epic scale—the chaos and hope of revolution, famines and purges, hard-won victory in history’s most destructive war, and worldwide geopolitical conflict, all entwined around the dream of building a better society. This book is a lively and authoritative distillation of this complex history, told with vivid details, a grand sweep, and wry wit. The acclaimed historian Sheila Fitzpatrick chronicles the Soviet Age—its rise, reign, and unexpected fall, as well as its afterlife in today’s Russia. She underscores the many ironies of the Soviet experience: An ideology that claimed to offer humanity the reins of history wrangled with contingency. An avowedly internationalist and anti-imperialist state birthed an array of nationalisms. And a vision of transcending economic and social inequality and injustice gave rise to a country that was, in its way, surprisingly normal. Moving seamlessly from Lenin to Stalin to Gorbachev to Putin, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union provides an indispensable guide to one of the twentieth century’s great powers and the enduring fascination it still exerts.
Author : John M Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000310566
This book is a brief, lucid account of Russian and Soviet history from ancient Kievan Rus' to the present day. Equal attention is paid to the early and the modern periods of Russian history. The author has revised this new edition to include the dramatic changes in the Soviet Union and its foreign policy during Gorbachev's first five years in office. The text is supplemented with maps and illustrations and includes bibliographies at the end of each chapter. Designed for use by students in either a one- or two-semester introductory course in Russian history, Russia and the Soviet Union will also be valuable to any reader seeking to become acquainted with the story of the Russian people—their tribulations and courage, tragedies and triumphs, and their remarkable contribution to world culture.
Author : Loren R. Graham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521287898
By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed for many years in order to fill that gap in our knowledge is a history of Russian and Soviet science written for the educated person who would like to read one book on the subject. This book has been written for that reader. The history of Russian and Soviet science is a story of remarkable achievements and frustrating failures. That history is presented here in a comprehensive form, and explained in terms of its social and political context. Major sections include the tsarist period, the impact of the Russian Revolution, the relationship between science and Soviet society, and the strengths and weaknesses of individual scientific disciplines. The book also discusses the changes brought to science in Russia and other republics by the collapse of communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Author : Peter Kenez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316869901
This concise yet comprehensive textbook examines political, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet period. It begins by identifying the social tensions and political inconsistencies that spurred radical change in Russia's government, from the turn of the century to the revolution of 1917. Peter Kenez presents this revolution as a crisis of authority that the creation of the Soviet Union resolved. The text traces the progress of the Soviet Union through the 1920s, the years of the New Economic Policies, and into the Stalinist order. It illustrates how post-Stalin Soviet leaders struggled to find ways to rule the country without using Stalin's methods - but also without openly repudiating the past - and to negotiate a peaceful but antipathetic coexistence with the capitalist West. This updated third edition includes substantial new material, discussing the challenges Russia currently faces in the era of Putin.
Author : John Lewis Gaddis
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0075572583
From the capricious reign of Catherine the Great and Alexander I to the provocative leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, the author concentrates on the interplay between interests and ideologies in the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, in an even-handed, non-ideological narrative.
Author : Peter Kenez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521311985
Kenez envisions that revolution as a crisis of authority that posed the question, "Who shall govern Russia?" This question was resolved with the creation of the Soviet Union.
Author : David MacKenzie,Michael W. Curran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000407085
The book provides sound and detailed information on political and diplomatic history as well as on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural history. The second edition includes more material on minority peoples and continues the full coverage of women. This volume will be the most current and concise of the Soviet history texts available.
Author : Geoffrey A. Hosking
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0674004736
Chronicles the history of the Russian Empire from the Mongol Invasion, through the Bolshevik Revolution, to the aftereffects of the Cold War.
Author : Michael Kort
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438108292
Serves as a guide to the history and culture of Russia. This book details the social, economic, and political changes and crises that the people of Russia have had to endure. It includes a chronology, bibliography, and, suggested readings. It also covers the conquest and rule of Russia by the Mongol Golden Horde as well as the reign of terror.
Author : David MacKenzie,Michael W. Curran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019173512
The HISTORY OF RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION is a general survey of Russian history from earliest times to the present. The authors present a balanced coverage of political, diplomatic, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural history..
Author : John L. H. Keep
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0192803190
The Soviet Union is a subject of enduring fascination for the whole of the Western world. This book focuses on the main cultures, political, social, and economic developments in the USSR since 1945.
Author : Maureen Perrie,D. C. B. Lieven,Ronald Grigor Suny
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521811446
This is a definitive new history of Russia from early Rus' to the successor states that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Volume I encompasses developments before the reign of Peter I; volume II covers the 'imperial era', from Peter's time to the fall of the monarchy in March 1917; and volume III continues the story through to the end of the twentieth century. At the core of all three volumes are the Russians, the lands which they have inhabited and the polities that ruled them, while other peoples and territories have also been given generous coverage for the periods when they came under Riurikid, Romanov and Soviet rule. The distinct voices of individual contributors provide a multitude of perspectives on Russia's diverse and controversial millennial history. This first volume of the Cambridge History of Russia covers the period from early ('Kievan') Rus' to the start of Peter the Great's reign in 1689. It surveys the development of Russia through the Mongol invasions to the expansion of the Muscovite state in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and deals with political, social, economic and cultural issues under the Riurikid and early Romanov rulers. The volume is organised on a primarily chronological basis, but a number of general themes are also addressed, including the bases of political legitimacy; law and society; the interactions of Russians and non-Russians; and the relationship of the state with the Orthodox Church. The international team of authors incorporates the latest Russian and Western scholarship and offers an authoritative new account of the formative 'pre-Petrine' period of Russian history, before the process of Europeanisation had made a significant impact on society and culture. Book jacket.
