Russia : a history / / edited by Gregory L. Freeze

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002; ©2002
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (542 p.)
• Disciplina: 947
• Soggetto geografico: Kyivan Rus History; Russia (Federation) History 1991-; Soviet Union History; Russia History
• Persona (resp. second.): FreezeGregory L. <1945->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Colour Plates; List of Maps; Editor's Preface; List of Contributors; Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms; Note on Transliteration and Dates; 1. From Kiev to Muscovy: The Beginnings to 1450; 2. Muscovite Russia, 1450-1598; 3. From Muscovy towards St Petersburg, 1598-1689; 4. The Petrine Era and After, 1689-1740; 5. The Age of Enlightenment, 1740-1801; 6. Pre-Reform Russia, 1801-1855; 7. Reform and Counter-Reform, 1855-1890; 8. Revolutionary Russia, 1890-1914; 9. Russia in War and Revolution, 1914-1921 ; 10. The New Economic Policy (NEP) and the Revolutionary Experiment, 1921-192911. Building Stalinism, 1929-1941; 12. The Great Fatherland War and Late Stalinism, 1941-1953; 13. From Stalinism to Stagnation, 1953-1985; 14. From Perestroika towards a New Order, 1985-1995; 15. Meltdown, Rebuilding, Reform, 1996-2001; Maps; Chronology; Further Reading; Picture Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From the formation of the Russian state in the 14th century to the political power struggles of the 1990s and the uncertainties of the new millennium, this new history offers a fresh and systematic account of Russian history across six tumultuous centuries. With greater access to previously unobtainable material, and with the gradual depoliticization of what was once an intellectual Cold War battleground, historians are now able to tell the story of Russia more dispassionately and with greater precision than was formerly possible. Drawing on the best contemporary scholarship, and informed thro
• Titolo autorizzato: Russia
• ISBN: 1-383-03121-5; 0-19-162249-4; 0-19-156839-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812507603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II