The History of Russia
An updated edition of the acclaimed history of Russia, this new volume includes a wealth of material on events of the last decade.

When first published, Charles Ziegler's The History of Russia was acclaimed as a source of information not easily found elsewhere, and as "clear, balanced, and insightful," by Rajan Menon of Lehigh University. Now Ziegler's remarkable volume returns, fully updated to be the work of choice for readers looking for an introduction to the history of the world's largest country.

The History of Russia: Second Edition moves from the 10th-century founding of Kievan Rus to the czars to the Communist Era to the present, with particular emphasis on the fall of the Soviet Union and the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. In addition to a new chapter on the tumultuous last decade, this edition features an updated introduction and an expanded chapter on the Yeltsin Era.

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The History of Russia
An updated edition of the acclaimed history of Russia, this new volume includes a wealth of material on events of the last decade.

When first published, Charles Ziegler's The History of Russia was acclaimed as a source of information not easily found elsewhere, and as "clear, balanced, and insightful," by Rajan Menon of Lehigh University. Now Ziegler's remarkable volume returns, fully updated to be the work of choice for readers looking for an introduction to the history of the world's largest country.

The History of Russia: Second Edition moves from the 10th-century founding of Kievan Rus to the czars to the Communist Era to the present, with particular emphasis on the fall of the Soviet Union and the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. In addition to a new chapter on the tumultuous last decade, this edition features an updated introduction and an expanded chapter on the Yeltsin Era.

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An updated edition of the acclaimed history of Russia, this new volume includes a wealth of material on events of the last decade.

When first published, Charles Ziegler's The History of Russia was acclaimed as a source of information not easily found elsewhere, and as "clear, balanced, and insightful," by Rajan Menon of Lehigh University. Now Ziegler's remarkable volume returns, fully updated to be the work of choice for readers looking for an introduction to the history of the world's largest country.

The History of Russia: Second Edition moves from the 10th-century founding of Kievan Rus to the czars to the Communist Era to the present, with particular emphasis on the fall of the Soviet Union and the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. In addition to a new chapter on the tumultuous last decade, this edition features an updated introduction and an expanded chapter on the Yeltsin Era.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798765120156
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/25/2024
Series: The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Charles E. Ziegler is professor of political science and university scholar at the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.



Frank W. Thackeray is a professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana, USA. With John E. Findling, he is an editor for the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.

John E. Findling is a professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana, USA. With Frank W. Thackeray, he is an editor for the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Timeline of Historical Events
1 Russia and Its People
2 Kievan Russia and the Mongol Experience
3 Muscovite Russia, 1240–1613
4 Russia under the Romanovs: Empire and Expansion, 1613–1855
5 Reform, Reaction, and Revolution, 1855–1921
6 Building Communism, 1921–1953
7 De-Stalinization and Developed Socialism, 1953–1985
8 Gorbachev, Perestroika, and the Collapse of Communism
9 Russia's Search for Democracy: The Yeltsin Era
10 Return to Authoritarianism: Putin and Beyond
Notable People in the History of Russia
Glossary of Selected Terms
BibliographicEssay
Index
A photo essay follows page 122

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