A brief history of Russia
Kort, Michael, 1944-2019
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Abstract: Detailing the social, economic, and political changes and crises that the people of Russia have had to endure, A Brief History of Russia provides a comprehensive and accessible account of this vast country's history.
Main title:
A brief history of Russia / Michael Kort.
Author:
Kort, Michael, 1944-, authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2019.New York [New York] : Facts On File, 2008.©2008
Collation:
1 online resource (21 entries) : 50 images ; digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xxiii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps
Contents:
List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Before the Russians, Kievan Rus, and Muscovite Russia (tenth century B.C.E.-1462 C.E.) -- Independence and unification: the last Rurikids to the first Romanovs (1462-1694) -- Imperial Russia: the eras of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great (1694-1801) -- The nineteenth-century crisis: the mystic and the Knout (1801-1855) -- Reform, reaction, and revolution (1855-1917) -- The Golden and Silver Ages: Russian cultural achievement from Pushkin to World War I (1820-1917) -- Soviet Russia: utopian dreams and dystopian realities (1917-1953) -- Soviet Russia: reform, decline, and collapse (1953-1991) -- Post-Soviet Russia: Yeltsin and Putin (1991-2008) -- Conclusion: The Russian riddle -- Appendixes -- Basic facts about Russia -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Suggested reading.
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
0816071128 (acid-free paper)9780816071128 (acid-free paper)9781787852792 (electronic version)
Dewey class:
947
LC class:
DK40
Language:
English
BRN:
501648
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