Thompson, John M. <br/><br/>
Russia and the Soviet Union :  a historical introduction from the Kievan State to the present / 
John M. Thompson. 
 - SEVENTH EDITION. 
 - xvi, 399 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-380) and index. 
<br/><br/>Ancient Russia and the Kievan State -- Russia divided and conquered, 1054-1462 -- Moscow and "The gathering of the Russian lands," 1328-1533 -- Ivan The Terrible and the Time of Troubles, 1533-1618 -- Molding of Russian society, 1613-1689 -- Peter the Great and westernization, 1689-1725 -- Change and continuity, 1725-1801 -- Power, backwardness, and creativity, 1801-1855 -- Reform, reaction, and modernization, 1855-1904 -- Revolution, reform, and war, 1904-1917 -- Revolution, civil war, and the founding of soviet society, 1917-1928 -- Second revolution, the Stalinist system, and World War II, 1928-1946 -- Soviet Union as a superpower: change, stagnation, and "Cold War", 1946-1984 -- Gorbachev "Revolution" and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1983-1991 -- "New" Russia in the post-Soviet era, 1991-2000 -- The Putin era: progress and problems, 2000-2012. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813346960 (paperback : alkaline paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012025845 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.<br/>Rusia -- Política y gobierno.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Rusia--Historia.<br/>Rusia--Historia--Revolución--1917-1928.<br/>Kievan Rus--History.<br/>Russia--History.<br/>Soviet Union--History.<br/>Russia (Federation)--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>338 DK 40  / T468r 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>947