UID:
edocfu_9960962798802883
Format:
1 online resource (177 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-994787-2
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0-19-023943-3
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0-19-023942-5
Series Statement:
New Oxford World History
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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WebsitesAcknowledgments; New Oxford World History; Chronological Volumes; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-994789-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-336-28047-6
Language:
English
