03126nam 2200637 450 991078800970332120230126211139.00-19-994787-20-19-023943-30-19-023942-5(CKB)2670000000606612(EBL)1997795(Au-PeEL)EBL1997795(CaPaEBR)ebr11038104(CaONFJC)MIL759333(OCoLC)905854712(MiAaPQ)EBC1997795(EXLCZ)99267000000060661220150410h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRussia in world history /Barbara Alpern Engel, Janet MartinNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (177 p.)New Oxford World HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-994789-9 1-336-28047-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Russia in World History; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Preface; Preface; A Note on Dates and Names; Chapter 1 The Formation of Russia: Slavs, Vikings, and Byzantium; Chapter 2 The Formation and Development of Muscovy (1240-1462); Chapter 3 Muscovy: The Late Ryurikids and Early Romanovs (1462-1689); Chapter 4 The Petrine Revolution (1689-1725); Chapter 5 The Triumph of Empire (1725-1855); Chapter 6 Reform and Revolution (1855-1905); Chapter 7 Wars and Revolutions (1905-1945); Chapter 8 Cold War and the Collapse of Communism (1945 to the Present); Chronology; Notes; Further ReadingWebsitesAcknowledgments; New Oxford World History; Chronological Volumes; IndexThis volume offers a lively introduction to Russia's dramatic history and the striking changes that characterize its story. Distinguished authors Barbara Alpern Engel and Janet Martin show how Russia's peoples met the constant challenges posed by geography, climate, availability of natural resources, and devastating foreign invasions, and rose to become the world's second largest land empire. The book describes the circumstances that led to the world's first communist society in 1917, and traces the global consequences of Russia's long confrontation with the United States, which took place virNew Oxford World HistoryCultural pluralismRussiaHistorySocial changeRussiaHistoryRussiaHistorySoviet UnionHistoryRussia (Federation)HistoryRussiaRelationsCultural pluralismHistory.Social changeHistory.947HIS032000HIS037000bisacshEngel Barbara Alpern675382Martin Janet1945-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788009703321Russia in world history3789420UNINA