A History of Russia Volume 1: To 1855

by Riasanovsky, Nicholas V.; Steinberg, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780195153927
• ISBN10: 0195153928
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Now completely revised in this seventh edition, A History of Russia covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the postcommunist present. Featuring a new coauthor, Mark Steinberg, this edition offers extensively updated material based on the most current research,including documents from recently opened archives. Keeping with the hallmark of the text, Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russia's history--political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural--with a commitment to objectivity, fairness, and balance. This seventhedition contains a wealth of new images and a fully revised bibliography and reading list. Two new chapters on politics, society, and culture since 1991 explore Russia's complex experience after communism and discuss its chances of becoming a more stable and prosperous country in the future. Widely acclaimed as the best one-volume history available, A History of Russia is being offered in paperback for the first time. In addition to the one-volume version, it is now also available in two split volumes--the first covers early Russia through the nineteenth century and the second rangesfrom 1855 to the present. Volume II features an additional introductory chapter that links Russia's modern history to the events that preceded it.

Author Biography

Nicholas V. Riasanovsky is Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of European History at the University of California, Berkeley Mark D. Steinberg is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Table of Contents

Maps	p. ix
Illustrations	p. xi
Prefaces	p. xiii
Introduction
A Geographical Note	p. 3
Russia before the Russians	p. 10
Kievan Russia
The Establishment of the Kievan State	p. 21
Kievan Russia: A Political Outline	p. 26
Kievan Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions	p. 39
Kievan Russia: Religion and Culture	p. 48
Appanage Russia
Appanage Russia: Introduction	p. 59
The Mongols and Russia	p. 63
Lord Novgorod the Great	p. 72
The Southwest and the Northeast	p. 82
The Rise of Moscow	p. 88
Appanage Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions	p. 105
Appanage Russia: Religion and Culture	p. 111
The Lithuanian-Russian State	p. 123
Muscovite Russia
The Reigns of Ivan the Terrible, 1533-84, and of Theodore, 1584-98	p. 131
The Time of Troubles, 1598-1613	p. 144
The Reigns of Michael, 1613-45, Alexis, 1645-76, and Theodore, 1676-82	p. 161
Muscovite Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions	p. 169
Muscovite Russia: Religion and Culture	p. 181
Imperial Russia
The Reign of Peter the Great, 1682-1725	p. 197
Russian History from Peter the Great to Catherine the Great: The Reigns of Catherine I, 1725-27, Peter II, 1727-30, Anne, 1730-40, Ivan VI, 1740-41, Elizabeth, 1741-62, and Peter III, 1762	p. 223
The Reigns of Catherine the Great, 1762-96, and Paul, 1796-1801	p. 235
The Economic and Social Development of Russia in the Eighteenth Century	p. 256
Russian Culture in the Eighteenth Century	p. 264
The Reign of Alexander I, 1801-25	p. 279
The Reign of Nicholas I, 1825-55	p. 301
The Economic and Social Development of Russia in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century	p. 317
Russian Culture in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century	p. 323
Appendix tables
1-4 Russian Rulers	p. 2
5 Political Subdivisions of the U.S.S.R. as of January 1, 1976	p. 6
Bibliography	p. 1
A Select List of Readings in English on Russian History	p. 1
Index	p. 1
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