Russia: A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the Present

by John M. Thompson

Book Overview

This lucid account of Russian and Soviet history presents major trends and events from ancient Kievan Rus' to Vladimir Putin's presidency in the twenty-first century. Russia does not shy away from controversial topics, including the impact of the Mongol conquest, the paradoxes of Peter the Great, the "inevitability" of the 1917 Revolution, the Stalinist terror, and the Gorbachev reform effort. Tackling those topics and others, the new edition is updated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813349850
• ISBN13: 9780813349855
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"