A History of Russia

by Moss, Walter

• ISBN13: 9781843310235
• ISBN10: 1843310236
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780857287526
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services, Inc.
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Summary

This new edition retains the features of the first edition that made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss's accessible history includes full treatment of everyday life, the role of women, rural life, law, religion, literature and art. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful with both professors and students, including: a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical perspectives, 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 chronological and genealogical lists. 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	xv
Preface to the Second Edition	xvii
A Note to Students	xxi
Land and Peoples: From Ancient Times to the Present	1	(14)
The Land: Physical Features, Climate, and Resources	1	(7)
Geography's Impact on Colonization and National Identity	8	(1)
The Peoples: From Ancient Times to the Present	9	(2)
Suggested Sources	11	(4)
PART I The Rus Era
Rus Politics	15	(19)
Varangians and the Princes	15	(7)
Domestic Politics of Rus	22	(4)
Slavic-Varangian Expansion and Foreign Powers	26	(6)
Suggested Sources	32	(2)
Rus Society, Religion, and Culture	34	(20)
The Towns	35	(1)
Foreign and Domestic Trade	36	(1)
Rural Life	37	(1)
Class Structure and the Military	38	(1)
Women	39	(2)
Secular and Church Law	41	(1)
Religion and Culture	42	(10)
Suggested Sources	52	(2)
The Rise of New Centers	54	(13)
Growing Rus Diversity and the Fate of Kiev	54	(3)
Rise of Suzdalia	57	(2)
Significance of Suzdalia	59	(1)
Galicia and Volhynia	60	(1)
Novgorod	61	(2)
Conclusion	63	(1)
Suggested Sources	64	(3)
PART II The Mongols and the Rise of Moscow to 1533
The Mongol Conquest and Subjugation	67	(12)
The Mongol Empire and the Invasion of Rus	67	(2)
Mongol Rule in the Thirteenth Century	69	(4)
Mongol Rule and Russian Princes: Suzdalia and Novgorod	73	(3)
Mongols and Russian Historiography	76	(1)
Suggested Sources	77	(2)
Moscow and Its Rivals, 1304--1533	79	(22)
Emergence of Moscow, 1304--1389	79	(4)
The Lithuanian Challenge	83	(2)
Moscow's Struggles and Successes, 1389--1462	85	(3)
The End of Novgorodian Independence and the Triumph of Moscow, 1462--1533	88	(6)
Evolution of Muscovy's Government	94	(3)
Causes of Moscow's Success	97	(2)
Suggested Sources	99	(2)
Society, Religion, and Culture, 1240--1533	101	(28)
Mongols' Economic Impact	101	(4)
Eating and Drinking; Famines and Other Calamities	105	(2)
Rural Life and the Military	107	(1)
Class Structure and Slavery	108	(2)
Women and Family Life	110	(2)
Growth of the Law	112	(1)
Religion	113	(3)
Literature and Art	116	(7)
Suggested Sources	123	(6)
PART III Muscovy and Its Expansion, 1533--1689
Ivan the Terrible: Autocrat	129	(17)
Ivan IV: Sources and Personality	129	(1)
Childhood, Coronation, and Early Domestic Policies	130	(2)
Muscovy Expansion: Successes and Failures	132	(5)
Domestic Policies, 1558--1584	137	(4)
The Legacy of Ivan IV	141	(2)
Suggested Sources	143	(3)
The Time of Troubles, 1598--1613	146	(14)
Background: Russia under Fedor (1584--1598)	146	(1)
Tsar Boris, Civil War, and Pseudo Dmitri	147	(4)
Tsar Vasili Shuisky and Renewed Civil War	151	(4)
Foreign Intervention, Continued Civil War, and the Selection of Mikhail Romanov	155	(2)
Conclusion	157	(1)
Suggested Sources	158	(2)
The First Romanovs, 1613--1689	160	(24)
The Reign of Mikhail, 1613--1645	160	(2)
The Reign of Alexei, 1645--1676	162	(8)
Fedor III and Sophia, 1676--1689	170	(3)
Government and Administration, 1613--1689	173	(2)
The Continuing Development of Autocracy	175	(3)
Conquest of Siberia	178	(3)
Suggested Sources	181	(3)
Economic and Social Life, 1533--1689	184	(21)
Economic, Overview, Population, Urban Life, Manufacturing, and Trade	185	(4)
Drinking, Smoking, Fires, Famines, and Plagues	189	(2)
Peasants and the Establishment of Serfdom	191	(1)
Service State, Social Structure, and Slavery	192	(3)
The Military	195	(1)
Women and Family Life	196	(2)
Crimes, Punishments, and the Law	198	(4)
Suggested Sources	202	(3)
Religion and Culture, 1533--1689	205	(21)
Religion	206	(5)
Popular Culture	211	(2)
Learning, Morality, and Literature	213	(4)
Architecture and Painting	217	(3)
Suggested Sources	220	(6)
PART IV Early Imperial Russia, 1689--1855
Peter the Great	226	(25)
Youth and Personality	226	(2)
The Ousting of Sophia and the First Decade of Peter's Reign, 1689--1699	228	(3)
The Great Northern War and Foreign Affairs, 1700--1725	231	(3)
Domestic Changes and Reforms	234	(10)
Opposition	244	(3)
Peter's Death and Legacy	247	(2)
Suggested Sources	249	(2)
Three Empresses and Three Emperors: Rulers and Politics, 1725--1762	251	(16)
Catherine I and Peter II, 1725--1730	252	(1)
Anna, the Nobles, and the Crisis of 1730	253	(2)
The Reign of Anna, 1730--1740	255	(1)
Ivan VI and Elizabeth, 1740--1761	256	(2)
Diplomacy and Wars, 1725--1761	258	(2)
The Short Reign of Peter III	260	(2)
The Empire, 1725--1761	262	(3)
Suggested Sources	265	(2)
The Reign of Catherine the Great	267	(24)
Catherine II: Background and the 1762 Coup	268	(1)
Domestic Policies	269	(6)
Political Opposition and Criticism	275	(5)
Foreign Policy	280	(5)
The Empire: Uniformity, Integration, and Colonization	285	(3)
Catherine's Death and Significance	288	(1)
Suggested Sources	288	(3)
Eighteenth-Century Economic and Social Life	291	(22)
Population and Towns	291	(2)
Manufacturing and Trade	293	(2)
Villages and Housing	295	(2)
Agriculture, Nobles, and Peasants	297	(4)
Eating and Drinking; Famines and Other Calamities	301	(4)
Women and Family Life	305	(3)
Russian Law: Change and Continuity	308	(3)
Suggested Sources	311	(2)
Eighteenth-Century Religion and Culture	313	(18)
Russian Orthodoxy	313	(2)
Schismatics and Sectarians	315	(1)
Philosophy, Freemasonry, and Public Life	316	(2)
Education and Scholarship	318	(2)
Language and Literature	320	(4)
Art and Music	324	(3)
The Problem of Two Cultures	327	(1)
Suggested Sources	328	(3)
The Reigns of Paul and Alexander I, 1796--1825	331	(25)
Emperor Paul and His Domestic Policies	331	(3)
Alexander I and Reform, 1801--1812	334	(4)
Russian Foreign Policy, 1796--1812	338	(3)
Napoleon and Russia, 1812--1815	341	(2)
Russian Foreign Policy, 1815--1825	343	(1)
Ruling the Empire, 1796--1825	344	(4)
Domestic Policies, 1815--1825	348	(1)
Political Opposition and the Decembrists	349	(5)
Suggested Sources	354	(2)
Nicholas I: Despotism, Reform, and Legitimacy, 1825--1855	356	(20)
Nicholas I: The Man and His Political Views	357	(1)
Administration and Internal Policies	358	(3)
Nicholas and the Western Nationalities	361	(3)
Public Opinion and Opposition	364	(4)
Foreign Affairs and Russian Expansion	368	(3)
The Military and the Crimean War	371	(3)
Suggested Sources	374	(2)
Economic and Social Life, 1796--1855	376	(24)
Population and Towns	376	(3)
Industry and Trade	379	(3)
Nobles and Peasants	382	(7)
Eating and Drinking; Famines and Diseases	389	(2)
Women and Family Life	391	(4)
Laws, Courts and Punishment	395	(2)
Suggested Sources	397	(3)
Religion and Culture, 1796--1855	400	(22)
Religion	400	(5)
Education and Scholarship	405	(4)
Literature	409	(5)
Art and Music	414	(3)
Suggested Sources	417	(5)
PART V Late Imperial Russia, 1855--1917
Alexander II, Reformism, and Radicalism	422	(19)
Alexander II: The Man and His Times	422	(2)
Emancipation of the Serfs	424	(3)
Additional Reforms	427	(4)
Autocracy and Its Opponents	431	(7)
Suggested Sources	438	(3)
Reactionary Politics, Economic Modernization, and Political Opposition, 1881--1905	441	(23)
Alexander III and Pobedonostsev: The Autocrat and His Chief Adviser	441	(2)
Reactionary Policies of Alexander III	443	(3)
Policies of Economic Modernization, 1881--1903	446	(3)
Nicholas II and the Politics of Reaction, 1894--1904	449	(4)
Public Opinion and Political Opposition, 1881--1904	453	(9)
Suggested Sources	462	(2)
Russian Imperial and Foreign Policy, 1856--1905	464	(27)
The Far East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Alaska, 1856--1895	465	(6)
Europe, the Poles, and Russia's Western Nationalities, 1856--1875	471	(4)
Crisis in the Balkans and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877--1878	475	(2)
European Relations, 1881--1905	477	(2)
Nationalities, Russification, and Discrimination, 1881--1905	479	(6)
Siberia and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904--1905	485	(3)
Suggested Sources	488	(3)
Revolution or Evolution? Politics and War, 1905--1917	491	(26)
The 1905 Revolution: From Bloody Sunday to the October Manifesto	491	(3)
Continuing Disorders and Duma Preparation	494	(3)
The First Two Dumas and the Appointment of Stolypin	497	(3)
Stolypin's Land Policies	500	(1)
The Third and Fourth Dumas and the Death of Stolypin	501	(3)
The Radical Opposition, 1907--1914	504	(1)
Russian Foreign Policy, 1906--1914	505	(4)
Tsarist Russia and World War I, 1914--1916	509	(4)
Conclusion	513	(1)
Suggested Sources	514	(3)
Economics and Society, 1855--1917	517	(35)
Population, Towns, and Urban Society	518	(2)
Enterpreneurs and Civil Society	520	(3)
Economic Growth	523	(3)
Industrial and Urban Workers	526	(3)
Nobles and Peasants	529	(7)
Food and Drinking; Famine and Diseases	536	(2)
Women and Family Life	538	(4)
Legal Developments	542	(5)
Suggested Sources	547	(5)
Religion and Culture, 1855--1917	552	(26)
Russian Orthodoxy and the State	553	(2)
The Non-Orthodox and other Challenges to Traditional Orthodoxy	555	(3)
Education and Scholarship	558	(3)
Literature	561	(5)
Art and Architecture	566	(2)
Music	568	(1)
Diagilev and Artistic Cross-Fertilization	568	(1)
Popular Culture	569	(4)
Suggested Sources	573	(5)
General Bibliography for Russia to 1917	578	(14)
Appendix A Chronology	592	(8)
Appendix B: Rus/Russian Rulers	600	(3)
Appendix C: Glossary	603	(4)
Index	607