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100 1 _aHosking, Geoffrey A.
245 1 0 _aRussia and the Russians :
_ba history
250 _a2
260 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,
_c2011.
300 _axiii, 728 p.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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
650 0 _aNational characteristics | Russian
650 0 _aSoviet Union | Russia
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