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Russia in world history / Barbara Alpern Engel, Janet Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Engel, Barbara Alpern, author.
- Martin, Janet, 1945- author.
- Series:
- New Oxford World History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural pluralism--Russia--History.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Social change--Russia--History.
- Social change.
- Russia--History.
- Russia.
- Soviet Union--History.
- Soviet Union.
- Russia (Federation)--History.
- Russia (Federation).
- Russia--Relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- This volume offers a lively introduction to Russia's dramatic history and the striking changes that characterize its story. Distinguished authors Barbara Alpern Engel and Janet Martin show how Russia's peoples met the constant challenges posed by geography, climate, availability of natural resources, and devastating foreign invasions, and rose to become the world's second largest land empire. The book describes the circumstances that led to the world's first communist society in 1917, and traces the global consequences of Russia's long confrontation with the United States, which took place vir
- Contents:
- Cover; Russia in World History; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Preface; Preface; A Note on Dates and Names; Chapter 1 The Formation of Russia: Slavs, Vikings, and Byzantium; Chapter 2 The Formation and Development of Muscovy (1240-1462); Chapter 3 Muscovy: The Late Ryurikids and Early Romanovs (1462-1689); Chapter 4 The Petrine Revolution (1689-1725); Chapter 5 The Triumph of Empire (1725-1855); Chapter 6 Reform and Revolution (1855-1905); Chapter 7 Wars and Revolutions (1905-1945); Chapter 8 Cold War and the Collapse of Communism (1945 to the Present); Chronology; Notes; Further Reading
- WebsitesAcknowledgments; New Oxford World History; Chronological Volumes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-994787-2
- 0-19-023943-3
- 0-19-023942-5
- OCLC:
- 905854712
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