Russia in the Twentieth Century

The quest for stability
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4082-2822-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 660 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marples, David R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ForewordGlossaryChapter 1: From Tsarism to Revolution: 1894-1917Chapter 2: The October Revolution: 1917-1921Chapter 3: NEP and the Rise of Stalin: 1921-1928Chapter 4: Collectivization, Industrialization, and the Great Purge, 1929-1940Chapter 5: The Great Patriotic War and Aftermath: 1941-1953Chapter 6: Khrushchevs Reforms, 1953-1964; and Postwar Foreign Policy Chapter 7: The Brezhnev Regime and its Successors: 1964-1984Chapter 8: Gorbachev, Glasnost, and Perestroika: 1985-1991Chapter 9: From Yeltsin to Putin: Russias Decline and Recovery, 1992-2008BibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

David R. Marples is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta, Canada. He is author of twelve books on contemporary Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, including Lenin's Revolution: Russia 1917-1921 (2000) and The Collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 (2004).