Russias Long Twentieth Century

Author : Robert Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Twentieth-century Russia written by Robert Service and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professor of Russian history offers a fresh and lively survey of the Soviet experience, from the rise of communism in 1917 to the aftermath of its collapse in 1991. 5 maps. 7 cartoons.

Author : Choi Chatterjee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317221222
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia's Long Twentieth Century written by Choi Chatterjee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the sweep of Russian history from empire to Soviet Union to post-Soviet state, Russia's Long Twentieth Century is a comprehensive yet accessible textbook that situates modern Russia in the context of world history and encourages students to analyse the ways in which citizens learnt to live within its system and create distinctly Soviet identities from its structures and ideologies. Chronologically organised but moving beyond the traditional Cold War framework, this book covers topics such as the accelerating social, economic and political shifts in the Russian empire before the Revolution of 1905, the construction of the socialist order under Bolshevik government, and the development of a new state structure, political ideology and foreign policy in the decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The authors highlight the polemics and disagreements that energize the field, discussing interpretations from Russian, émigré, and Western historiographies and showing how scholars diverge sharply in their understanding of key events, historical processes, and personalities. Each chapter contains a selection of primary sources and discussion questions, engaging with the voices and experiences of ordinary Soviet citizens and familiarizing students with the techniques of source criticism. Illustrated with images and maps throughout, this book is an essential introduction to twentieth-century Russian history.

Author : Michael Khodarkovsky
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135009143X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia's 20th Century written by Michael Khodarkovsky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Khodarkovsky's innovative exploration of Russia's 20th century, through 100 carefully selected vignettes that span the century, offers a fascinating prism through which to view Russian history. Each chosen microhistory focuses on one particular event or individual that allows you to understand Russia not in abstract terms but in real events in the lives of ordinary people. Russia's 20th Century covers a broad range of topics, including the economy, culture, politics, ideology, law and society. This introduction provides a vital background and engaging analysis of Russia's path through a turbulent 20th century. A representative sample of chapters in the book includes: 1902: Peasants 1903: The Pogrom 1906: The Tsar's Speech 1908: Church 1910: Tolstoy's Death 1913: The Romanovs 1916: Rasputin 1922: USSR 1927: Orphans into Communists 1931: Palace of the Soviets 1935: Manufacturing Heroes 1939: Hitler's Ally 1941: Moscow on the Brink 1945: Rape of Germany 1949: Atomic Project 1954: Nuclear War Exercise “Snowball” 1955: Empire of Nations 1960: Virgin Lands 1969: The Soviet Dr. Seuss 1971: The Soviet Bob Dylan 1972: Nixon in Moscow and Kiev 1977: USSR, Less than a Sum of its Parts 1980: Moscow Olympic Games 1984: “Iron Maiden” Behind the Iron Curtain 1985: Vodka 1990: Soviet Nationalisms and Ethnic Wars 1997: Russian Fascism 1998: Return of the KGB The historical mosaic of Russia's 20th Century provides a unique examination of modern Russian history one snapshot at a time, prompting us to reflect on a larger picture of Russia's past and its place in the world today.

Author : David R. Marples
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317862287
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia in the Twentieth Century written by David R. Marples and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Russia, as the natural successor to the Soviet Union, is of crucial importance to understanding why communism ultimately lost out to Western democracy and the free market system. David Marples presents a balanced overview of 20th century Russian history and shows that although contemporary Russia has retained many of the practices and memories of the Soviet period, it is not about to revert back to the Soviet example.

Author : Giovanni Arrighi
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859840153
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Twentieth Century written by Giovanni Arrighi and published by Verso. This book was released on 1994 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the American Sociological Association PEWS Award (1995) for Distinguished Scholarship The Long Twentieth Century traces the epochal shifts in the relationship between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period. Giovanni Arrighi masterfully synthesizes social theory, comparative history and historical narrative in this account of the structures and agencies which have shaped the course of world history over the millennium. Borrowing from Braudel, Arrighi argues that the history of capitalism has unfolded as a succession of "long centuries"—ages during which a hegemonic power deploying a novel combination of economic and political networks secured control over an expanding world-economic space. The modest beginnings, rise and violent unravel-ing of the links forged between capital, state power, and geopolitics by hegemonic classes and states are explored with dramatic intensity. From this perspective, Arrighi explains the changing fortunes of Florentine, Venetian, Genoese, Dutch, English, and finally American capitalism. The book concludes with an examination of the forces which have shaped and are now poised to undermine America's world power.

Author : Alastair Kocho-Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415606373
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia's International Relations in the Twentieth Century written by Alastair Kocho-Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia has long been a major player in the international relations arena, but only by examining the whole century can Russian foreign policy be properly understood, and the key questions as to the impact of war, of revolution, of collapse, the emergence of the Cold War and Russia’s post-Soviet development be addressed. Surveying the whole of the twentieth century in an accessible and clear manner Russia’s International Relations in the Twentieth Century provides an overview and narrative, with analysis, that will serve as an introduction and resource for students of Russian foreign policy in the period, and those who seek to understand the development of modern Russia in an international context. The volume includes: an analysis of the major themes which surrounded Russia’s position in world affairs as one of the European Great Powers before the First World War the impact of Revolution and the emergence of Soviet foreign policy with its dual aims of normalization and world revolution the changes wrought to the international order by the rise of Nazi Germany and by the Second World War the origins and development of the Cold War the end of the Cold War and the Soviet collapse how Russia has rebuilt itself as an international power in the post-Soviet era. An essential resource for students of Russian history and International policy.

Author : Robert Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140174823
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Twentieth-century Russia written by Robert Service and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David MacKenzie
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia and the USSR in the Twentieth Century written by David MacKenzie and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revision of their best-selling text, MacKenzie and Curran present a succinct, updated history from the later imperial tsarist regime to the current Russia. Acclaimed in the field for its clarity, comprehensiveness, and accuracy, the text balances social/cultural history with political history through the Putin presidency, and offers Russian as well as post-Soviet views of Russian history.

Author : David R. Marples
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317873866
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Motherland written by David R. Marples and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motherland tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. From Lenin's virtual coup in November 1917 to Boris Yeltsin's ruthless takeover of power in 1991, the book culminates with a new view of the Yeltsin years. David Marples focuses on the evolution of Russia during the Soviet period, and the attempt to harness Russian nationalism to the avowed Soviet mission of promoting World Communism. Along the way heanalyses some of the more intensive historical debates and uncovers some of the myths perpetuated by state propaganda, especially those associated with the Great Patriotic War.

Author : Donald W. Treadgold
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twentieth Century Russia written by Donald W. Treadgold and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised eighth edition traces the dramatic transformations of Russian society from the opening decades of the 20th century to the present day. In the light of revised theories, Professor Treadgold re-examines the rise of Russian Marxism from its early beginnings.