Russia: A History

by Freeze, Gregory

• ISBN13: 9780198605119
• ISBN10: 0198605110
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Now fully updated to 2001, this is an authoritative and highly readable introduction to a thousand years of Russian history. From the formation of the Russian state in the 14th century to the political power struggles of the 1990s and the uncertainties of the new millennium, this new history offers a fresh and systematic account of Russian history across six tumultuous centuries. Drawing on the best contemporary scholarship, thirteen international experts reassess and reinterpret the history of one of the world's great powers. For too long Russian history has been dominated by myths and counter-myths, concocted by those seeking either to legitimize the existing order or to destroy it. New insights into areas previously cloaked in secrecy and an extraordinarily rich array of illustrations, make this book essential reading for anyone interested in Russia and its place in the world. "[A] brisk, exciting tour of Russia's long journey from its Kievan origins to the early Yeltsin years...stunningly beautiful illustrations and transparent prose."--The Los Angeles Times

Author Biography

Gregory Freeze is Professor of History at Brandeis University. He has also been a research associate of the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University since 1972 and is chief editor and director of the Russian Archive series, which publishes new inventories of recently declassified archival collections. He has spent over 12 years conducting research in the central and provincial archives of the former Soviet Union.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface

List of Maps

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Note on Transliterations and Dates

From Kiev to Muscovy: The Beginnings to 1450

Muscovite Mussia 1450-1598

From Muscovy towards St Petersburg 1598-1689

The Petrine Era and After 1682-1740

The Age of Enlightenment 1740-1801

Pre-Reform Russia 1801-55

Reform and Counter-Reform 1855-90

Revolutionary Russia 1890-1914

Russia in War and Revolution 1914-21

The New Economic Policy and the Revolutionary Experiment 1921-9

Building Stalinism 1929-41

The Great Fatherland

From Stalinism to Stagnation 1953-85

From Perestroika Towards a New Order 1985-95

Rebuilding Russia 1996-2001

Chronology

Further Reading

List of Contributors

Glossary

Index

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