Russia in the Twentieth Century

Name: Russia in the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780130978523

ISBN-10: 0130978523

ISBN-13: 9780130978523

Edition: 6th 2003 (Revised)

Authors: M. K. Dziewanowski

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For courses in the History of Modern Russia, as well as courses in Government and International Relations. Considered the best concise history of Soviet Russia, and rich in maps, tables, and basic statistical data, this text offers holistic coverage of the last phase of the Tsarist regime, the ideological roots and origins of the Soviet regime, its establishment in power at the close of 1917, its evolution up to 1991, its disintegration, and the current Russian Federation. In addition, the Sixth Edition broadens its perspective by including other political movements in Russia, vital activities of exiled intellectuals, and the latest coverage of the Orthodox Church. It also gives…

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List price: $149.20
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 5/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface



Tsarist Russia



The Geopolitical Personality of Russia and Its Hegemonial Sphere



The Russian State Tradition



The Russian Revolutionary Tradition



The Russo-Japanese War and the Revolution of 1905



The Aftermath of the Revolution of 1905: The Constitutional Experiment



World War I and the Revolutions of 1917



Communist Russia



Utopia at the Creation



The Ordeal of the Civil War, 1918-1921



From War Communism to the New Economic Policy



Between the Comintern and the Narkomindel: Early Soviet Foreign Policy



The Formation of the USSR and Lenin's Death



The Struggle for Lenin's Mantle: The Stalin-Trotsky Controversy



The Industrialization Debate and the Five-Year Plans



The Purges



A New Nationality Policy and the Soviet Cultural Revolution



From Isolation to Collective Security



Prelude to World War II



"The Great Patriotic War"



The Aftermath of the War: Rehabilitation and Retrenchment



Stalin's Death and the Twentieth Party Congress



The Khrushchev Years: The Upward Trend



Khrushchev's Decline and Fall



Soviet Russia Under Brezhnev's Rule



Gorbachev: Glasnost and Perestroika



Post-Communist Russia



The Collapse of the Soviet Union



The Commonwealth of Independent States (C.I.S.) and the Russian Federation


Appendix


Photo Credits


Index