TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hosking,Geoffrey A.
TI  - Russia and the Russians: a history 
SN  - 9780674061958
U1  - 947  
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - National characteristics | Russian
KW  - Soviet Union | Russia
N1  - Introduction: Geopolitics, ecology, and national character -- I. Pre-imperial Rus and the beginnings of empire. Kievan Rus, the Mongols, and the rise of Muscovy ; Ivan IV and the expansion of Muscovy -- II. The troubled building of empire. The turbulent seventeenth century ; Peter the Great and Europeanization -- III. Russia as European empire. State and society in the eighteenth century ; The reigns of Paul, Alexander I, and Nicholas I -- IV. Imperial crisis. Alexander II's uncertain reforms ; The rise of nationalism -- V. Revolution and utopia. Social change and revolution ; War and revolution ; Social transformation and terror ; Soviet society takes shape -- VI. The decline and fall of utopia. Recovery and Cold War ; Soviet society under "developed socialism" ; From Perestroika to Russian Federation -- Chronology
ER  -