1st Edition
Russia in the Twentieth Century The quest for stability
By David R. Marples
Copyright 2011
392 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
by
Routledge
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The history of Russia, as the natural successor to the Soviet Union, is of crucial importance to understanding why communism ultimately lost out to Western democracy and the free market system. David Marples presents a balanced overview of 20th century Russian history and shows that although contemporary Russia has retained many of the practices and memories of the Soviet period,... Read more
ForewordGlossaryChapter 1: From Tsarism to Revolution: 1894-1917Chapter 2: The October Revolution: 1917-1921Chapter 3: NEP and the Rise of Stalin: 1921-1928Chapter 4: Collectivization, Industrialization, and the Great Purge, 1929-1940Chapter 5: The Great Patriotic War and Aftermath: 1941-1953Chapter 6: Khrushchev’s Reforms, 1953-1964; and Postwar Foreign Policy Chapter 7: The Brezhnev Regime and its Successors: 1964-1984Chapter 8: Gorbachev, Glasnost, and Perestroika: 1985-1991Chapter 9: From Yeltsin to Putin: Russia’s Decline and Recovery, 1992-2008BibliographyIndex
Biography
David R. Marples is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta, Canada. He is author of twelve books on contemporary Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, including Lenin's Revolution: Russia 1917-1921 (2000) and The Collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 (2004).
