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

Author: Boterbloem, Kees, 1962-
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Edition: Second edition.
Physical Description: xiii, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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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.

Summary

"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 that led Russia from an exotic backwater to superpower stature"--

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ISBN

9781538104392 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1538104393 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9781538104408 (paperback alkaline paper)
1538104407 (paperback alkaline paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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