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9781843310341

A History of Russia

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  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-01-31
  • Publisher: Anthem Pr

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Summary

In this fully updated second edition of Volume II of his two-volume A History of Russia, Walter G. Moss has significantly revised his text and bibliography to reflect new research findings and controversies on numerous subjects. He has also brought the history up to date by revising the post-Soviet material, which now covers events from the end of 1991 up to the present day. This new edition retains the features of the successful first edition that have made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss's accessible history includes full treatments of politics, economics, foreign affairs and wars, and also of everyday life, women, legal developments, religion, literature, art and popular culture. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful with both academics and students, including a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical viewpoints, numerous illustrations and maps that supplement and amplify the text, fully updated bibliographies accompanying each chapter as well as a general bibliography of more comprehensive works, a glossary and a chronology of important events. Moss's A History of Russia will appeal to academics, students and general readers alike.

Author Biography

Dr Walter G. Moss is a Professor of History in the Department of History & Philosophy at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of three Anthem Press volumes: the second editions of his two-volume A History of Russia (2003–05) and his Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (2002) and is co-author Twentieth Century and Beyond: A Global History (McGraw-Hill, 2007). 

Table of Contents

List of Maps xii
List of Illustrations xiii
Preface to the Second Edition xix
A Note to Students xxiii
1. Russia: Geography, Peoples, and Premodern Developments 1(22)
The Land: Physical Features, Climate, and Resources
1(6)
Geography's Impact on Colonization and National Identity
7(1)
The Peoples
8(1)
Ancient Rus to 1855: A Summary of Major Historical Developments
8(8)
Suggested Sources
16(7)
PART I Late Imperial Russia, 1855-1917
2. Alexander II, Reformism, and Radicalism
23(19)
Alexander II: The Man and His Times
23(2)
Emancipation of the Serfs
25(3)
Additional Reforms
28(4)
Autocracy and Its Opponents
32(7)
Suggested Sources
39(3)
3. Reactionary Politics, Economic Modernization and Political Opposition, 1881-1905
42(143)
Alexander III and Pobedonostsev: The Autocrat and His Chief Adviser
42(2)
Reactionary Policies of Alexander III
44(2)
Policies of Economic Modernization, 1881-1903
46(4)
Nicholas II and the Politics of Reaction, 1894-1904
50(4)
Public Opinion and Political Opposition, 1881-1904
54(8)
Suggested Sources
62(3)
4. Russian Imperial and Foreign Policy, 1856-1905
65(27)
The Far East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Alaska, 1856-1895
66(6)
Europe, the Poles, and Russia's Western Nationalities, 1856-1875
72(2)
Crisis in the Balkans and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878
74(4)
European Relations, 1881-1905
78(2)
Nationalities, Russification, and Discrimination, 1881-1905
80(5)
Russian Advances in Asia and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905
85(3)
Suggested Sources
88(4)
5. Revolution or Evolution? Politics and War, 1905-1917
92(27)
The 1905 Revolution: From Bloody Sunday to the October Manifesto
92(3)
Continuing Disorders and Duma Preparation
95(2)
The First Two Dumas and the Appointment of Stolypin
97(4)
Stolypin's Land Policies
101(1)
The Third and Fourth Dumas, and the Death of Stolypin
102(3)
The Radical Opposition, 1907-1914
105(1)
Russian Foreign Policy, 1906-1914
106(3)
Tsarist Russia and World War I, 1914-1916
109(4)
Conclusion
113(2)
Suggested Sources
115(4)
6. Economics and Society, 1855-1917
119(35)
Population, Towns, and Urban Society
120(2)
Entrepreneurs and Civil Society
122(3)
Economic Growth
125(2)
Industrial and Urban Workers
127(4)
Nobles and Peasants
131(7)
Food and Drinking; Famine and Diseases
138(2)
Women and Family Life
140(4)
Legal Developments
144(4)
Suggested Sources
148(6)
7. Religion and Culture, 1855-1917
154(31)
Russian Orthodoxy and the State
155(2)
The Non-Orthodox and Other Challenges to Traditional Orthodoxy
157(3)
Education and Scholarship
160(3)
Literature
163(4)
Art and Architecture
167(2)
Music
169(1)
Diagilev and Artistic Cross-Fertilization
170(1)
Popular Culture
171(4)
Suggested Sources
175(10)
PART II Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991
8. The 1917 Revolutions
185(21)
The March Revolution and the Fall of the Romanovs
186(1)
Dual Power
187(2)
Lenin's Return and Leninism
189(5)
Political Realignment
194(1)
Deepening of the Revolution, May-September
194(2)
The Bolsheviks, Classes, and Nationalities
196(4)
The November Revolution: The Bolsheviks Come to Power
200(2)
Analysis of the November Revolution
202(1)
Suggested Sources
203(3)
9. Arthi-Bolshevism, Civil War, and Allied Intervention
206(21)
Early Opposition, New Policies, and Class Warfare
207(1)
The Fate of the Constituent Assembly and Growing Soviet Authoritarianism
208(2)
Reds versus Whites and Allied Intervention
210(5)
Nationalities and the Russo-Polish War of 1920
215(3)
Opposition from the Masses
218(3)
Conclusions, Costs, and Legacy
221(2)
Suggested Sources
223(4)
10. The Years of the New Economic Policy, 1921-1927
227(17)
New Economic Policy and the Famine of 1921-1922
228(1)
Nepmen and Bourgeois Specialists
229(2)
Changes in the Government and Communist Party
231(3)
Stalin's Rise to Prominence
234(3)
Lenin versus Stalin
237(2)
Stalin and His Rivals, 1923-1927
239(3)
The Nep Period: Some Concluding Remarks
242(1)
Suggested Sources
242(2)
11. Stalin and Stalinism, 1928-1941
244(30)
Why Another Revolution?
245(2)
Stalin, the Right Opposition, the First Five-Year Plan, and Collectivization
247(4)
Achievements and Failures under the Five-Year Plans, 1928-1941
251(1)
Stalin and the Early Stalinists
252(1)
Forced Labor, Show Trials, Purges, and Deaths
253(4)
The Stalin Cult, Fostering Patriotism, and Public Opinion
257(4)
Nationality and Constitutional Policies
261(2)
Changes in the Government and Party
263(5)
Stalinism and the Leninist Legacy
268(1)
Suggested Sources
269(5)
12. Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917-1941
274(21)
Overview and the Beginnings of Soviet Diplomacy
275(3)
Nep Years
278(4)
Foreign Policy During the First Five-Year Plan, 1928-1932
282(2)
Search for Security, 1933-1939
284(6)
Soviet "Neutrality," September 1939-June 1941
290(2)
Suggested Sources
292(3)
13. The Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945
295(20)
On the Eve of Battle
295(1)
Warfare and Major Battles, June 1941-May 1945
296(6)
Govermnent and Peoples; Partisans and Production
302(5)
Lend Lease and Allied Diplomacy
307(3)
The End of World War II and Soviet Gains and Losses
310(1)
Suggested Sources
311(4)
14. Postwar and Cold War, 1945-1953
315(18)
Stalin Postwar Domestic Policies
316(5)
The Early Cold War
321(8)
Stalin's Postwar Foreign Policy: An Assessment
329(1)
Suggested Sources
330(3)
15. An Economic and Social Transformation, 1917-1953
333(33)
Economic Overview and Analysis
333(3)
Population, Towns, and Urban Life
336(4)
Social Structure and the New Elite
340(7)
Food and Famine; Drinking and Health
347(3)
Women, Family Life, and Youth
350(6)
Law and Lawlessness
356(6)
Suggested Sources
362(4)
16. Religion and Culture, 1917-1953
366(29)
Church and State
371(2)
Education, Science, and Scholarship
373(4)
Literature
377(5)
Art and Architecture
382(4)
Music
386(2)
Popular Culture and the State
388(3)
Suggested Sources
391(4)
17. The Khrushchev Era: Destalinization, Coexistence, and Confrontation
395(30)
Khrushchev's Background, Character, and Beliefs
395(3)
Stalin's Successors and the Execution of Beria
398(1)
Domestic Politics and Khrushchev's Policies
399(11)
Foreign Policy
410(10)
Khrushchev's Decline and Fall
420(2)
Suggested Sources
422(3)
18. From Stability to Stagnation, 1964-1985
425(28)
Leaders and Leadership
426(2)
Political Decline, Corruption, and the Party
428(3)
The Economy: From the Command System to Black Marketeering
431(2)
Public Opinion, Nationalities, and Dissent
433(5)
Foreign Policy: Confrontations and Dètente
438(12)
Suggested Sources
450(3)
19. Gorbachev and the End of the USSR, 1985-1991
453(30)
Gorbachev: The Making of a Reformer
453(2)
Domestic Reforms: The First Stage
455(3)
Glasnost, Perestroika, and Democratization
458(3)
Gorbachev's Three Crises, 1988-1991
461(8)
Gorbachev's "New-thinking" Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War
469(5)
The Coup that Failed and Its Aftermath
474(2)
The Collapse of the Soviet Union: A Summary and Analysis
476(3)
Suggested Sources
479(4)
20. Economic and Social Life, 1953-1991
483(28)
Economic and Environmental Overview
483(3)
Foreign Trade and Investment
486(1)
Population, Towns, and Urban Conditions
487(4)
Ruling Class, Social Structure, and Civil Society
491(2)
Blue-collar Workers: Gains and Losses
493(1)
Life in the Countryside
494(2)
Food and Drink; Sickness and Health
496(3)
Women, Family, and Gender Issues
499(4)
Law and Lawlessness
503(4)
Suggested Sources
507(4)
21. Religion and Culture, 1953-1991
511(27)
Religious Life: From Repression to Resurgence
511(4)
Education, Science, and Scholarship
515(4)
Literature: From the Thaw to Glasnost
519(8)
Art and Architecture
527(2)
Music: From Classical to Rock
529(3)
Additional Aspects of Popular Culture: Youth, Films, Television and Sports
532(3)
Suggested Sources
535(3)
Contemporary Russia
22. Post-Soviet Russia
538(42)
A Changing Economy
538(3)
Social Tensions and Problems
541(4)
Toward A Democratic and Law-based Society?
545(13)
Religion, Education, and Culture
558(8)
Foreign Policy
566(7)
Conclusion
573(1)
Suggested Sources
574(6)
General Bibliography 580(22)
Appendix A: Chronology 602(11)
Appendix B: Glossary 613(5)
Appendix C: World Oil Prices 618(1)
Index 619

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