A History of Modern Russia from Nicholas II to Vladimir PutinRussia had an extraordinary twentieth century, undergoing upheaval and transformation. Updating his acclaimed History of Twentieth-Century Russia through 2002, Robert Service provides a panoramic perspective on a country whose Soviet past encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror, and two world wars. He shows how seven decades of communist rule, which penetrated every aspect of Soviet life, continue to influence Russia today. This new edition also discusses continuing economic and social difficulties at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the military campaign in Chechnya, and Russia's reduced role on the world stage. |
Contents
And Russia? 19001914 I | 1 |
The Fall of the Romanovs 19141917 | 24 |
PART | 43 |
Conflicts and Crises 1917 | 45 |
The October Revolution 19171918 | 62 |
New World Old World | 81 |
Civil Wars 19181921 ΙΟΙ | 101 |
The New Economic Policy 19211928 | 123 |
The Despot and his Masks | 314 |
DeStalinization 19531961 | 331 |
Hopes Unsettled 19611964 | 356 |
Stabilization 19641970 | 376 |
PART FOUR | 395 |
Developed Socialism 19701982 | 397 |
Privilege and Alienation | 412 |
Towards Reform 19821985 | 428 |
Leninism and its Discontents | 150 |
PART | 167 |
The First FiveYear Plan 19281932 | 169 |
Culture Religion Nation | 190 |
Terror upon Terror 19341938 | 210 |
Coping with Big Brothers | 235 |
The Second World War 19391945 | 254 |
Suffering and Struggle 19411945 | 275 |
PART THREE | 291 |
The Hammers of Peace 19451953 | 293 |
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