A history of Russia and its empire : from Mikhail Romanov to Vladimir Putin / Kees Boterbloem.

Author/creator Boterbloem, Kees, 1962- author.
Format Book
PublicationLanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Descriptionxv, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Russia--History.
Soviet Union--History.
Russia (Federation)--History. --1991-.

Contents Phoenix -- The eighteenth century -- The height and decline of imperial Russia, 1789-1855 -- Domestic convulsions, 1855-1905 -- Fatal foreign entanglements and a failed revolution, 1877-1914 -- Forging Soviet civilization -- The inevitable triumph of Stalinism? -- The Great Patriotic War and the Cold War -- Embattled leader of the "second world", 1953-1982 -- The fall of the Soviet Union and beyond.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2013013853
ISBN9780742568389 (cloth : alk. paper)
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