Revised and expanded to cover the initiation of glasnost and perestroika in 1985, the resignation of Gorbachev in 1991, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the events of 1992, the most authoritative, readable, and well-balanced history of Russia is now more timely than ever.

Widely acclaimed as the best one-volume survey available, written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, Riasanovsky's History has for years been the consistent choice of scholars, students, and general readers alike. Drawing on both primary sources and major interpretive works, including those by Soviet historians, it paints a rich portrait of each period of Russian and Soviet history through ample coverage of social, economic, and cultural developments, as well as political and military history. Riasanovsky also offers unusually balanced treatment of historiographical issues, stating his own position on points of contention and presenting in turn contrasting viewpoints, allowing readers to form their own judgments.

With an important new chapter on the Gorbachev period and the breakup of the Soviet Union, and a fully updated bibliography, Riasanovsky's History remains a cornerstone of the literature, the most comprehensive and reliable guide to the main themes of Russian history.

Widely acclaimed as the best one-volume survey text available, A History of Russia presents the whole span of Russia's history, from the origins of the Kievan state and the building of an empire, to Soviet Russia, the successor states, and beyond. Drawing on both primary sources and major interpretive works, this sixth edition updates its existing coverage of the social, economic, cultural, political and miliary events of Russia's past and includes a new chapter on the post-Gorbachev era as well as helpful updated biblipgraphies and reading source lists.

Examining contemporary issues such as the rise of Yeltsin, the nationalities question, and Russia's attempts to market capitalism, this sixth edition takes the study of Russia straight into the new millennium, continuing A History of Russia's nearly forty-year track record as the leader in the field.

Twenty-four scholars from different universities, churches, and continents gathered in New York at Easter 2003 for the "Redemption Summit." There is a fruitful dialogue between experts in a wide range of areas and the international reputation of participants reflects and guarantees the high

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-646) and index.

Prefaces

Part I: Introduction

1. A Geographical Note

2. Russia Beofre the Russians

Part II: Kievan Russia

3. The Establisment of the Kievan State

4. Kievan Russia: A Political Outline

5. Kievan Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions

6. Kievan Russia: Religion and Culture

Part III: Appanage Russia

7. Appanage Russia: Introduction

8. The Mongols and Russia

9. Lord Norvorod the Great

10. The Southwest and the Northeast

11. The Rise of Moscow

12. Appanage Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions

13. Appanage Russia: Religion and Culture

14. the Lithuanian-Russian State

Part IV: Muscovite Russia

15. The Reigns of Ivan the Terrible, 1533-84, and of Theodore, 1584-98

16. The Time of Troubles, 1598-1613

17. The Reigns of Michael, 1613-45, Alexis 1645-76, and Theodore, 1676-82

18. Muscovite Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions

19. Muscovite Russia: Religion and Culture

Part V: Imperial Russia

20. The Reign of Pter the Great, 1682-1725

21. Russian History from Peter the Great to Catherine the Great: The Reigns of Catherine I, 1725-27, Peter II, 1727-30, Anne, 1730-40, Ivan VI, 1740-41, Elizabeth, 1741-62, and Peter III, 1762

22. The Reigns of Catherine the Great, 1762-96, and Paul, 1796-1801

23. The Economic and Social Development of Russia in the 18th Century

24. Russian Culture in the 18th Century

25. The Reign of Alexander I, 1801-25

26. The Reign of Nicholas I, 1825-55

27. The Economic and Social Development of Russia in the First Half of the 19th Century

28. Russian Culture in the First Half of the 19th Century

29. The Reign of Alexander II, 1855-81

30. The Reign on Alexander III, 1881-94, and the First Part of the Reign of Nicholas II, 1894-1905

31. The Last Part of the Reign of Nicholas II: The Revolution of 1905 and the Constitutional Period, 1905-17

32. The Economic and Social Development of Russia from the "Great Reforms" until the Revolutions of 1917

33. Russian Culture from the "Great Reforms" until the Revolutions of 1917

34. The Revolutions of 1917

Part IV: Soviet Russia

35. Soviet Russia: An Introduction

36. War Communism, 1971-21, and the New Economic Policy, 1921-28

37. The Three Five-Year Plans, 1928-41

38. Soviet Foreign Policy, 1921-41

39. Stalin's Last Decade, 1945-53

40. The Soviet Union after Stalin, 1953-83

41. Soviet Policy and Culture

42. The Gorbachev Years, 1985-91, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Part VII: Russian Federation

43. Yelstin's Russia, 1991-2000

Bibliography

Appendices

A Select List of Readings in English on Russian History

Index