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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463294503321

Autore

Marples David R.

Titolo

Motherland : Russia in the 20th century / / David R. Marples

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-138-16405-4

1-315-83743-9

1-317-87386-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (654 p.)

Disciplina

947/.084

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Soviet Union History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Pearson Education.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Maps; Chapter 1 From Tsarism to Revolution, 1896-1917; Chapter 2 The October Revolution, 1917-1921; Chapter 3 The Period of Hope - NEP and Revival, 1921-1928; Chapter 4 The Period of Change: Collectivization, Industrialization, and the Great Purge, 1929-1940; Chapter 5 Soviet Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period, 1919-1940; Chapter 6 The Great Patriotic War and Aftermath, 1941-1953; Chapter 7 Internal Politics under Khrushchev, 1953-1964; Chapter 8 Foreign Policy during the early Cold War, 1945-1963

Chapter 9 The Brezhnev Regime and Aftermath, 1964-1984Chapter 10 The Gorbachev Regime, 1985-1991; Chapter 11 Epilogue, 1992-1999; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Motherland tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. From Lenin''s virtual coup in November 1917 to Boris Yeltsin''s ruthless takeover of power in 1991, the book culminates with a new view of the Yeltsin years.David Marples focuses on the evolution of Russia during the Soviet period, and the attempt to harness Russian nationalism to the avowed Soviet mission of promoting World Communism. Along the way heanalyses some of the more intensive historical debates and uncovers some of the myths perpetuated by



state propaganda, especially those associated with the Great Patrio