A Traveller's History of Russia and the U.S.S.R. by Mr. Peter R. Neville
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A Traveller's History of Russia and the U.S.S.R.
A Traveller's History of Russia and the U.S.S.R.
Summary
Part of a series for the discerning holidaymaker who wishes to know more about the history of the country they are visiting than can be found in a guide. This book gives a comprehensive survey of the USSR's past from the earliest times to the era of perestroika and glasnost.
A Traveller's History of Russia and the U.S.S.R. Summary
Table of Contents
The coming of the Slavs; the bloody swamp of Mongol slavery; the rise of Muscovy, 1265-1462; the consolidation of the Muscovite state, 1462-1584; the time of troubles; years of recovery, 1613-1682; the reign of Peter the Great, 1689-1725; the era of empresses, 1725-1762; Catherine the Great, 1762-1796; Tsarism in crisis, 1796-1855; reform and reaction, 1855-1894; war and revolution, 1894-1917; the evolution of the Communist state, 1917-1924; Russia under Stalin, 1924-1953; the USSR since Stalin; the USSR in the eighties.
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GOR001915079
9780900075414
0900075414
A Traveller's History of Russia and the U.S.S.R. by Mr. Peter R. Neville
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
19900727
320
N/A
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