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" Russia and the Soviet Union : "
John M. Thompson.
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BL
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1045564
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b799934
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Thompson, John M.
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Russia and the Soviet Union : : an historical introduction from the Kievan state to the present /\ John M. Thompson.
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6th ed.
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Boulder, CO :: Westview Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xvi, 415 pages) :: illustrations, maps, plans
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0786725958
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081334395X
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9780813343952
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-394) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Ancient Russia and the Kievan state -- Russia divided and conquered, 1054-1462 -- Moscow and the "gathering of the Russian lands," 1328-1533 -- Ivan the Terrible and the time of troubles, 1533-1618 -- The molding of Russian society, 1613-1689 -- Peter the Great and Westernization, 1689-1725 -- Change and continuity, 1725-1801 -- Power, backwardness, and creativity, 1801-1855 -- Reform, reaction, and modernization, 1855-1904 -- Revolution, reform, and war, 1904-1917 -- Revolution, civil war, and the founding of Soviet society, 1917-1928 -- The second revolution, the Stalinist system, and World War II, 1928-1946 -- The Soviet Union as a superpower : change, stagnation, and "cold war," 1946-1984 -- The Gorbachev "revolution" and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1983-1991 -- The "new" Russia in the post-Soviet era, 1991-2000 -- Putin's paradoxes, 2000-2008.
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This balanced and succinct presentation covers the entire expanse of Russian history from the first Kievan states (800 a.d.) to the present day Putin era.
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Kievan Rus-- History.
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Russia (Federation)-- History.
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Russia-- History.
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Soviet Union-- History.
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HISTORY.
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Kievan Rus, History.
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Russia (Federation), History.
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Soviet Union, History.
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Europe, Kievan Rus.
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Russia (Federation)
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Soviet Union.
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947
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DK40.T48 2009eb
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