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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814625103321

Autore

Ziegler Charles E

Titolo

The history of Russia / / Charles E. Ziegler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Greenwood, , 2009

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

979-84-00-66530-1

1-282-34165-0

9786612341656

0-313-36308-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Greenwood histories of the modern nations

Disciplina

947

947-dc22

Soggetti

Russia History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Timeline of historical events -- Russia and its people -- Kievan Russia and the Mongol experience -- Muscovite Russia, 1240-1613 -- Russia under the Romanovs : empire and expansion, 1613-1855 -- Reform, reaction, and revolution, 1855-1921 -- Building communism, 1921-1953 -- De-Stalinization and developed socialism, 1953-1985 -- Gorbachev, perestroika, and the collapse of communism -- Russia's search for democracy : the Yeltsin era -- Return to authoritarianism : Putin and after -- Notable people in the history of Russia -- Glossary of selected terms.

Sommario/riassunto

An updated edition of the acclaimed history of Russia, this new volume includes a wealth of material on events of the last decade.