Bibliograph

A concise history of Russia, Paul Bushkovitch

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Label

A concise history of Russia, Paul Bushkovitch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-471) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A concise history of Russia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

732967839

Responsibility statement

Paul Bushkovitch

Series statement

Cambridge concise histories

Table Of Contents

Russia before Russia -- Moscow, Novgorod, Lithuania, and the Mongols -- The emergence of Russia -- Consolidation and revolt -- Peter the Great -- Two empresses -- Catherine the Great -- Russia in the age of revolution -- The pinnacle of autocracy -- Culture and autocracy -- The era of the great reforms -- From serfdom to nascent capitalism -- The golden age of Russian culture -- Russia as an empire -- Autocracy in decline -- War and revolution -- Compromise and preparation -- Revolutions in Russian culture -- Building utopia -- War -- Growth, consolidation, and stagnation -- Soviet culture -- The cold war -- Epilogue : the end of the USSR

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