A History of Modern Russia – From Nicholas II to Vladimir Putin (COBEE) - Softcover

Service, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067401801X ISBN 13: 9780674018013

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Russia had an extraordinary twentieth century, undergoing upheaval and transformation. Updating his acclaimed "History of Twentieth-Century Russia" through 2002, Robert Service provides a panoramic perspective on a country whose Soviet past encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror, and two world wars. He shows how seven decades of communist rule, which penetrated every aspect of Soviet life, continue to influence Russia today. This new edition also discusses continuing economic and social difficulties at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the military campaign in Chechnya, and Russia's reduced role on the world stage.

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Review:

A fine book...It is a dizzying tale and Service tells it well; he has none of the ideological baggage that has so often bedeviled Western histories of Russia...A balanced, dispassionate and painstaking account.--Brian Moynahan "Sunday Times "

About the Author:

Robert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and St. Antony's College at Oxford University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 067401801X
• ISBN 13: 9780674018013
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 704