The History of Russia

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Bloomsbury Academic, Nov 30, 1999 - History - 242 pages

This engagingly written short history of Russia provides readers with a clear understanding of Russia's long and complex history through the events of 1998. It is the most up-to-date history available. From its beginnings, through the centuries-long reign of the tsars, the Communist revolution, the years under Stalin, the ascent of Gorbachev and the collapse of Communism, and the economic morass in which Russia finds itself today, this account will help the reader to put the tumultuous history that is Russia into perspective. Ziegler, an expert on Russia, discusses not only the political and economic aspects of each period but its social and cultural milieu as well. Ready-reference materials include a timeline of events in the history of Russia, short biographical notes on key players, and a bibliographic essay.

An introductory chapter describes the geographical and demographic features of Russia. The history of Russia begins in Kiev and moves to Moscow under the centuries-long reign of the tsars, who built a great empire. Following unrest in the last half of the nineteenth century, the Russian Revolution of 1917 ushered in the communist state, which lasted until its collapse in 1991. Ziegler provides a readable and accessible analysis of each period of Russian history—through the Yeltsin era—which will help students and interested readers to understand the long and complex history of this fascinating and troubled country.

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Kievan Russia and the Mongol Experience
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agriculture Aleksandr Andrei army authority Baltic became Bolsheviks Boris Boris Yeltsin boyars Brezhnev capital Catherine Central century China cities collapse Committee Communist Party Constitution Cossacks Council culture democracy democratic Duma early East Eastern Europe economic elections ethnic European Federation forces foreign policy German glasnost Golden Horde Gorbachev groups huge industrial Ivan Kazakhstan Khrushchev Kiev Kievan Komsomol land leadership Lenin major Mikhail military million Minister Mongol Moscow nationalist Nicholas Nomenklatura Novgorod nuclear officials organizations Orthodox Church Parliament peasants percent perestroika period Peter Petersburg Poland Politburo political population position post-communist President presidential Prince radical reform regime region religious repressive republics Revolution revolutionary rule Russian Far East Russian Orthodox Russian Orthodox Church Secretary Siberia social socialist society Soviet leaders Soviet Union Stalin Tatars territory Treaty troops tsar Ukraine Ukrainians United USSR Vladimir Vladimir Lenin West Western women workers Yeltsin

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About the author (1999)

CHARLES E. ZIEGLER is Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Louisville. He is the author of Foreign Policy and East Asia (1993), Environmental Policy in the USSR (1987), and dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe History of Russia
The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations, ISSN 1096-2905
AuthorCharles E. Ziegler
Editionillustrated, large print
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 1999
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJun 30, 2008
ISBN0313303932, 9780313303937
Length242 pages
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History / Europe / General
History / Russia / General
History / World
  
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