Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is still undergoing huge change. In his acclaimed history, now updated to 2015, Robert Service provides a superb panoramic viewpoint on Russia, exploring the complex, changing interaction between rulers and ruled from Nicholas II, Lenin and Stalin through to Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin and beyond. This new edition also discusses Russia's unresolved economic and social difficulties and its determination to regain its leading role on the world stage and explains how, despite the recent years of de-communization, the seven decades of communist rule which penetrated every aspect of life still continue to influence Russia today.
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Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is still undergoing huge change. This book discusses Russia's unresolved economic and social difficulties and its determination to regain its leading role on the world stage.
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A remarkable work ... [it] demands to be read -- Adam Zamoyski * Spectator *
In his acclaimed history, now fully revised and updated, Robert Service provides a superb panoramic viewpoint on Russia, its rulers and its ruled, from Tsarism to today.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780141981543
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin Books Ltd
Vekt
522 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
32 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
768

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Biographical note

Robert Service was until his retirement professor of Russian History at Oxford University. He is a fellow of St Antony's College and an associate fellow of the Hoover Institution. His other books include biographies of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky, a textbook on the Russian Revolution and Russia: Experiment with a People, from 1991 to the Present. He writes and broadcasts for the media and is a fellow of the British Academy.

His most recent book is Kremlin Winter: Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin.