The making of modern Russia / Lionel Kochan
1983, 2nd edition. Harmondsworth: Penguin in association with Jonathan Cape. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #317230
ISBN: 0140224882
Physical description: 335 p.; 18 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p323-326. - Includes index. Contents:
The rise and fall of Kiev Rus -- The Mongol conquest and the rise of Muscovy -- The formation of a national state -- The age of Ivan the Terrible -- The time of troubles -- Muscovy in the seventeenth century -- The age of Peter the Great -- Russia of the nobles -- The reign of Alexander -- The reign of Nicholas -- Reform and assassination -- Dress rehearsal for revolution -- Forebodings, 1881-1917 -- From revolution to war -- Towards the abyss -- The Bolsheviks conquer power, 1917-20 -- Economic experiements -- The new economic policy and the rise of Stalin -- The second revolution -- A totalitarian society -- Foreign affairs -- War and peace -- Epilogue: the world and the revolution. Subjects: Russia History. Soviet Union History. Genre:
History.
Price: €10.95