| Edition |
[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (21 entries) : 50 images ; digital files. |
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still image rdacontent |
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text rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Brief history |
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Brief history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Before the Russians, Kievan Rus, and Muscovite Russia (tenth century B.C.E.-1462 C.E.) -- Independence and unification: the last Rurikids to the first Romanovs (1462-1694) -- Imperial Russia: the eras of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great (1694-1801) -- The nineteenth-century crisis: the mystic and the Knout (1801-1855) -- Reform, reaction, and revolution (1855-1917) -- The Golden and Silver Ages: Russian cultural achievement from Pushkin to World War I (1820-1917) -- Soviet Russia: utopian dreams and dystopian realities (1917-1953) -- Soviet Russia: reform, decline, and collapse (1953-1991) -- Post-Soviet Russia: Yeltsin and Putin (1991-2008) -- Conclusion: The Russian riddle -- Appendixes -- Basic facts about Russia -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Suggested reading. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
Detailing the social, economic, and political changes and crises that the people of Russia have had to endure, A Brief History of Russia provides a comprehensive and accessible account of this vast country's history. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Russia -- History.
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Soviet Union -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0816071128 9780816071128 (DLC) 2007032723 xxiii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps |
| ISBN |
9781787852792 electronic version |
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0816071128 acid-free paper |
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9780816071128 acid-free paper |
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