02951oam 2200589I 450 991081498760332120230803195849.01-317-87385-81-138-16405-41-315-83743-91-317-87386-610.4324/9781315837437 (CKB)2670000000570128(EBL)1810468(SSID)ssj0001376153(PQKBManifestationID)11861630(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001376153(PQKBWorkID)11361669(PQKB)10153655(MiAaPQ)EBC1810468(Au-PeEL)EBL1810468(CaPaEBR)ebr10949991(CaONFJC)MIL649154(OCoLC)892798909(OCoLC)897462838(EXLCZ)99267000000057012820180706e20142002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMotherland Russia in the 20th century /David R. MarplesOxon [England] :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (654 p.)First published 2002 by Pearson Education.1-322-17890-9 0-582-43834-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, 1945-1963Chapter 9 The Brezhnev Regime and Aftermath, 1964-1984Chapter 10 The Gorbachev Regime, 1985-1991; Chapter 11 Epilogue, 1992-1999; Bibliography; IndexMotherland 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 PatrioSoviet UnionHistory947/.084947.084Marples David R.510351FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910814987603321Motherland4019344UNINA