A history of Russia and its empire : from Mikhail Romanov to Vladimir Putin /

"This concise text provides an introduction to Russian and Soviet history from the crowning of Mikhail Romanov in 1613 through Putin's current term. Through a clear chronological narrative, Boterbloem traces the political, military, economic, social, religious, and cultural developments th...

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Main Author: Boterbloem, Kees, 1962- (Author)
Corporate Author: Rowman & Littlefield EBA
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Phoenix : the rise of Russia in the seventeenth century, 1613-1689
  • Great power, 1689-1796
  • The height and decline of imperial Russia, 1789-1855
  • Domestic convulsions, 1855-1905
  • Fatal foreign entanglements and a failed revolution, 1877-1914
  • Forging Soviet civilization, 1914-1924
  • The inevitable triumph of Stalinism? 1924-1941
  • The Great Patriotic War and the Cold War, 1941-1953
  • Embattled leader of the "Second World," 1953-1982
  • The fall of the Soviet Union and beyond, 1982-2018.