The history of Russia
Ziegler, Charles E.2009
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The History of Russia: Second Edition moves from the 10th-century founding of Kievan Rus to the czars to the Communist Era to the present, with particular emphasis on the fall of the Soviet Union and the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. In addition to a new chapter on the tumultuous last decade, this edition features an updated introduction and an expanded chapter on the Yeltsin Era.History.
Main title:
The history of Russia / Charles E. Ziegler.
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Imprint:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, c2009.
Collation:
xxvi, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Timeline of historical events -- Russia and its people -- Kievan Russia and the Mongol experience -- Muscovite Russia, 1240-1613 -- Russia under the Romanovs : empire and expansion, 1613-1855 -- Reform, reaction, and revolution, 1855-1921 -- Building communism, 1921-1953 -- De-Stalinization and developed socialism, 1953-1985 -- Gorbachev, perestroika, and the collapse of communism -- Russia's search for democracy : the Yeltsin era -- Return to authoritarianism : Putin and beyond -- Notable people in the history of Russia -- Glossary of selected terms.
ISBN:
9780313363078
Dewey class:
947
Language:
English
BRN:
224107