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A History of Twentieth-Century Russia
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A History of Twentieth-Century Russia (1997) (edit title/settings)

by Robert Service (Author) (edit contributors)

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This is a comprehensive overview of twentieth-century Russian history that treats the years from 1917 to 2000 as a single period and analyses the peculiar mixture of political, economic and social ingredients that made up the Soviet compound. It takes the reader from the age of communist rule... read more

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No imperial power before the First World War was more reviled in Europe than the Russian Empire.

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Acknowledgements
A Note on Transliteration
Maps
1. The Russian Empire in 1900
2. The Soviet Union, 1924-1936
3. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe after 1945
4. The Commonwealth of Independent States in 1997
5. The Russian Federation in 1997

Introduction
1. And Russia? 1900-1914
2. The Fall of the Romanovs 1914-1917

Part One
3. Conflicts and Crises 1917
2. The October Revolution 1917-1918
5. New World, Old World
6. Civil Wars 1918-1921
7. The New Economic Policy 1921-1928
8. Leninism and its Discontents

Part Two
9. The First Five Year Plan 1928-1932
10. Fortresses under Storm: Culture, Religion, Nation
11. Terror upon Terror 1934-1938
12. Coping with Big Brothers
13. The Second World War 1939-1945

Coda
14. Suffering and Struggle 1941-1945

Part Three
15. The Hammers of Peace 1945-1953
16. The Despot and his Masks
17. 'De-Stalinization' 1953-1961
18. Hopes Unsettled 1961-1964
19. Stabilization 1964-1970

Part Four
20. 'Developed Socialism' 1970-1982
21. Privilege and Alienation
22. Towards Reform 1982-1985
23. Glasnost and Perestroika 1986-1988
24. Imploding Imperium 1989
25. Hail and Farewell 1990-1991

26. Power and the Market 1992-1993
27. And Russia? 1994-1997
Afterword: Past and Prospects

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Glossary edit see section history

  • Glasnost: 'Openness', referring to Gorbachev's attempts to make the Soviet Union a more open society
  • Perestroika: 'Restructuring', referring to Gorbachev's attempts to restructure and reform the Soviet economy

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  1. Robert Service (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Allen Lane The Penguin Press
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Publication Date: 1997
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