The Russia reader history, culture, politics / [electronic resource] : edited by Adele Barker and Bruce Grant. - Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xiii, 769 p.) : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - The world readers . - World readers. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [743]-752) and index.

Icons and archetypes -- From Kyiv through Muscovy -- Reform to revolution -- Far pavilions: Siberia -- A changing countryside -- Near pavilions: the Caucasus -- Revolution -- Building a new world from the old -- Rising Stalinism -- The great terror -- The war years -- The thaw -- Russians abroad, near and far -- Life under advanced socialism -- Things fall apart -- Building a new world, again.

9780822392583 (e-book) 0822392585 (e-book)


Russia--History.
Soviet Union--History.
Russia--Civilization.
Soviet Union--Civilization.
Russia--Social conditions.
Soviet Union--Social conditions.
Russia--Politics and government.
Soviet Union--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

DK18 / B255r 2010