A History of Twentieth-Century Russia - Hardcover

Service, R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674403479 ISBN 13: 9780674403475

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This work treats the history of Russia from 1917 to 1991 as a single period and analyzes the mix of political, economic, and social ingredients that made up the Soviet formula. Under a succession of leaders, various methods were used to conserve and strengthen this compound, At times the emphasis was upon shaking up the ingredients, at other upon stabilization. All this occurred against a background of dictatorship, civil war, forcible industrialization, terror, world war, and the postwar arms race. Communist ideas and practices never fully pervaded the society of the USSR, yet an impact was made which since 1991 Russia has had difficulty in eradicating.

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Review:

Robert Service's synthesis of Western and Russian historical writings provides a balanced assessment of the political leadership's interaction with Russian society from the last tsar to Boris Yeltsin...Service's comprehensive and well-written book serves as a solid reference tool for the general public and historians alike.--Isabel A. Tirado "American Historical Review "

About the Author:

Robert Service is a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and Lecturer at the University of Oxford. Most recently he has written LENIN: A BIOGRAPHY and RUSSIA: EXPERIMENT WITH A PEOPLE.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0674403479
• ISBN 13: 9780674403475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 653