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Revised and expanded to cover the initiation of glasnost and perestroika in 1985, the resignation of Gorbachev in 1991, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the events of 1992, the most authoritative, readable, and well-balanced history of Russia is now more timely than ever. Widely acclaimed as the best one-volume survey available, written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, Riasanovsky's History has for years been the consistent choice of scholars, students, and general readers alike. Drawing on both primary sources and major in... MORE

Part I INTRODUCTION

(20)

I A Geographical Note

(8)

II Russia Before the Russians

(12)

Part II KIE... MORE

(40)

III The Establishment of the Kievan State

(6)

IV Kievan Russia: A Political Outline

(14)

V Kievan Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions

(9)

VI Kievan Russia: Religion and Culture

(11)

Part III APPANAGE RUSSIA

(80)

VII Appanage Russia: Introduction

(4)

VIII The Mongols and Russia

(10)

IX Lord Novgorod the Great

(11)

X The Southwest and the Northeast

(7)

XI The Rise of Moscow

(19)

XII Appanage Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions

114

(6)

XIII Appanage Russia: Religion and Culture

120

(12)

XIV The Lithuanian-Russian State

132

(11)

Part IV MUSCOVITE RUSSIA

143

(70)

XV The Reigns of Ivan the Terrible, 1533-84, and of Theodore, 1584-98

143

(14)

XVI The Time of Troubles, 1598-1613

157

(18)

XVII The Reigns of Michael, 1613-45, Alexis, 1645-76, and Theodore, 1676-82

175

(8)

XVIII Muscovite Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions

183

(13)

XIX Muscovite Russia: Religion and Culture

196

(17)

Part V IMPERIAL RUSSIA

213

(252)

XX The Reign of Peter the Great, 1682-1725

213

(29)

XXI Russian History from Peter the Great to Catherine the Great: The Reigns of Catherine I, 1725-27, Peter II, 1727-30, Anne, 1730-40, Ivan VI, 1740-41, Elizabeth, 1741-62, and Peter III, 1762

242

(12)

XXII The Reigns of Catherine the Great, 1762-96, and Paul, 1796-1801

254

(22)

XXIII The Economic and Social Development of Russia in the Eighteenth Century

276

(9)

XXIV Russian Culture in the Eighteenth Century

285

(15)

XXV The Reign of Alexander I, 1801-25

300

(23)

XXVI The Reign of Nicholas I, 1825-55

323

(18)

XXVII The Economic and Social Development of Russia in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

341

(7)

XXVIII Russian Culture in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

348

(20)

XXIX The Reign of Alexander II, 1855-81

368

(23)

XXX The Reign of Alexander III, 1881-94, and the First Part of the Reign of Nicholas II, 1894-1905

391

(13)

XXXI The Last Part of the Reign of Nicholas II: The Revolution of 1905 and the Constitutional Period, 1905-17

404

(18)

XXXII The Economic and Social Development of Russia from the "Great Reforms" until the Revolutions of 1917

422

(13)

XXXIII Russian Culture from the "Great Reforms" until the Revolutions of 1917

435

(18)

XXXIV The Revolutions of 1917

453

(12)

Part VI SOVIET RUSSIA

465

(148)

XXXV Soviet Russia: An Introduction

465

(9)

XXXVI War Communism, 1917-21, and the New Economic Policy, 1921-28

474

(18)

XXXVII The First Three Five-Year Plans, 1928-41

492

(17)

XXXVIII Soviet Foreign Policy, 1921-41, and the Second World War, 1941-45

509

(18)

XXXIX Stalin's Last Decade, 1945-53

527

(12)

XL The Soviet Union after Stalin, 1953-83

539

(28)

XLI Soviet Society and Culture

567

(23)

XLII The Gorbachev Period and Beyond, 1985-92

590

(19)

XLIII Soviet Russia: Concluding Remarks

609

(4)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

613

(16)

APPENDIXES

629

(36)

I. Tables

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(8)

1-4 Russian Rulers

5 U.S.S.R.: Indexes of Growth of Population and Gross National Product by Use, 1928-82

6 Political Subdivisions of the U.S.S.R. as of January 1, 1976

II. A Select List of Radings in English on Russian History

637

(28)

INDEX

665

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