The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century - Softcover

Service, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141981547 ISBN 13: 9780141981543

Publisher: Penguin, 2015

Synopsis

Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is still undergoing huge change.

In his acclaimed history, now updated to 2015, Robert Service provides a superb panoramic viewpoint on Russia, exploring the complex, changing interaction between rulers and ruled from Nicholas II, Lenin and Stalin through to Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin and beyond. This new edition also discusses Russia's unresolved economic and social difficulties and its determination to regain its leading role on the world stage and explains how, despite the recent years of de-communization, the seven decades of communist rule which penetrated every aspect of life still continue to influence Russia today.

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A remarkable work ... [it] demands to be read (Adam Zamoyski Spectator)

From the Back Cover:

In his acclaimed history, now updated to 2015, Robert Service provides a superb panoramic viewpoint on Russia, exploring the complex, changing interaction between rulers and ruled from Nicholas II, Lenin and Stalin through to Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin and beyond. This new edition also discusses Russia's unresolved economic and social difficulties and its determination to regain its leading role on the world stage and explains how, despite the recent years of de-communization, the seven decades of communist rule which penetrated every aspect of life still continue to influence Russia today.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0141981547
• ISBN 13: 9780141981543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 768