Michael G Kort

The Soviet Colossus

History and Aftermath

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Soviet Colossus revisits turning points in Russia's modern history from the fall of the tsarist regime to modern day, covering such topics as the Revolutions and rise of Bolshevism, and the policies of key political figures including Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev Vladimir Putin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• 8th edition
• Seitenzahl: 522
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 889g
• ISBN-13: 9780815399179
• ISBN-10: 0815399170
• Artikelnr.: 56925466

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Eighth Edition Acknowledgements Part 1 The Fundamentals of
Russian History 1. Prologue 2. The Autocratic State 3. The
Nineteenth-Century Crisis 4. The People 5. The Intelligentsia: Strangers in
a Strange Land Part 2 The End of the Old Order 6. Capitalism Comes to
Russia 7. The Revolutionaries Regroup 8. The Final Years and Last Stand
Part 3 Lenin's Russia 9. 1917: Russia's Two Revolutions 10. Into the Fire:
The Civil War 11. New Policies and New Problems Part 4 Steeling the
Revolution 12. Bolshevism Without Lenin 13. The Revolution From Above 14.
Trial by Fire: The Great Patriotic War 15. Conservative Stalinism Part 5
The Socialist Superpower 16. Khrushchev: Reforming the Revolution 17. The
Brezhnev Era: The Graying of the Revolution 18. Gorbachev: From
Restructuring to Deconstruction Part 6 The Russian Federation 19. The
Russian Devolution 20. Russia in the Twenty-First Century Chronology
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