An introduction, complete in one volume, to the history of Russia from medieval times to the fall of Khrushchev and beyond. A study of the geographical setting in which the Russian state grew to its present super-power status is followed by five chapters which discuss the political, social, and economic history of the country, and four final chapters examine respectively the role of the Church, Soviet government and politics, the economy of the Soviet state, and the international relations of the USSR. Each chapter has been specially commissioned for this volume, and the writers are acknowledged experts in their fields. Every chapter is followed by a guide to further reading. This is perhaps the most comprehensive and authoritative collaborative history of Russia yet to appear. It will be read as a continuous account, and will also be consulted as a standard reference guide in libraries of universities, colleges, and schools wherever Russian and Soviet history, European history, and international relations are studied. It forms the first part of the three-volume Companion to Russian Studies, the two other parts of which deal with Russian language and literature, and Russian art and architecture respectively.
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'The contributions are uniformly excellent and each is followed by a valuable and comprehensive guide to further reading. There are a number of one-volume histories of Russia in existence, but it would be difficult to find a more authoritative and comprehensive one than this ... The book will be invaluable to anyone coming fresh to the study of Russian history and, indeed, should be essential reading wherever European history is studied.' British Book News 'This is a most thorough and welcome first orientation for those embarking on the study of Russian civilization.' International Newsletter
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The Soviet Union - powerful heir to the old Russian Empire - is a geographical phenomenon of paramount significance in the contemporary world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
drevneyshikh vremyon, russkoy tserkvi, russkoy istorii, appanage system, grand principality, wooded steppe, grand prince, chez les musulmans, administrative uniformity, state peasants, service nobility, union republics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, New York, Peter the Great, United States, Central Committee, Black Sea, Communist Party, Central Asia, Far East, Orthodox Church, Old Believers, European Russia, Imperial Russia, The Hague, Soviet Russia, Eastern Slavs, New Haven, Supreme Soviet, First World War, Kievan Russia, Second World War, Middle East, North America, Party Congress, Golden Horde New!
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Soviet Union, New York, Peter the Great, United States, Central Committee, Black Sea, Communist Party, Central Asia, Far East, Orthodox Church, Old Believers, European Russia, Imperial Russia, The Hague, Soviet Russia, Eastern Slavs, New Haven, Supreme Soviet, First World War, Kievan Russia, Second World War, Middle East, North America, Party Congress, Golden Horde New!
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- The Communist Party of the Soviet Union by Leonard Schapiro on 4 pages
- Lord and Peasant in Russia from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century by Jerome Blum on page 77, page 120, and page 191
- Russian Foreign Policy: Essays in Historical Perspective by Ivo Lederer on page 250, page 251, and page 255
- Russian Settlement by Armstrong on page 48, and page 257
- Peter The Great: The Classic Biography of Tsar Peter the Great by Vasisi Klyuchevsky on page 184, and page 187
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- Who's Who in Russia since 1900 by Martin McCauley in Back Matter
- The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature (Routledge Companions) by Neil Cornwell in Back Matter
- The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature (Routledge Companions) by Neil Cornwell in Back Matter
- The Cambridge History of Russian Literature by Charles Moser in Back Matter
- Reference Guide to Russian Literature by Neil Cornwell in Front Matter
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