LEADER 03552nam 22006732 450 001 9910778952103321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-20938-8 010 $a1-107-22559-0 010 $a1-280-56866-6 010 $a1-139-22221-X 010 $a9786613598264 010 $a1-139-03320-4 010 $a1-139-22392-5 010 $a1-139-21740-2 010 $a1-139-21432-2 010 $a1-139-22049-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000082898 035 $a(EBL)833416 035 $a(OCoLC)775869823 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000611446 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11379535 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611446 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10644966 035 $a(PQKB)10918128 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139033206 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC833416 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL833416 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533183 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL359826 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000082898 100 $a20141103d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA concise history of Russia /$fPaul Bushkovitch$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 491 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge concise histories 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-54323-1 311 $a0-521-83562-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 461-471) and index. 327 $aRussia before Russia -- Moscow, Novgorod, Lithuania, and the Mongols -- The emergence of Russia -- Consolidation and revolt -- Peter the Great -- Two empresses -- Catherine the Great -- Russia in the age of revolution -- The pinnacle of autocracy -- Culture and autocracy -- The era of the great reforms -- From serfdom to nascent capitalism -- The golden age of Russian culture -- Russia as an empire -- Autocracy in decline -- War and revolution -- Compromise and preparation -- Revolutions in Russian culture -- Building utopia -- War -- Growth, consolidation, and stagnation -- Soviet culture -- The cold war -- Epilogue : the end of the USSR. 330 $aAccessible to students, tourists and general readers alike, this book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century. Paul Bushkovitch emphasizes the enormous changes in the understanding of Russian history resulting from the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, new material has come to light on the history of the Soviet era, providing new conceptions of Russia's pre-revolutionary past. The book traces not only the political history of Russia, but also developments in its literature, art and science. Bushkovitch describes well-known cultural figures, such as Chekhov, Tolstoy and Mendeleev, in their institutional and historical contexts. Though the 1917 revolution, the resulting Soviet system and the Cold War were a crucial part of Russian and world history, Bushkovitch presents earlier developments as more than just a prelude to Bolshevik power. 410 0$aCambridge concise histories. 607 $aRussia$xHistory 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xHistory 676 $a947 700 $aBushkovitch$b Paul$0523450 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778952103321 996 $aA concise history of Russia$93745238 997 $aUNINA