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Moss has significantly revised his text and bibliography in this second edition to reflect new research findings and controversies on numerous subjects. He has also brought the history up to date by revising the post-Soviet material, which now covers events from the end of 1991 up to the present day. This new edition retains the features of the successful first edition that have made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world.
In this fully updated second edition of 'A History of Russia' Vol. II, Walter G. Moss has significantly revised his text and bibliography to reflect new research findings and controversies on numerous subjects. He has also brought the history up-to-date by revising the post-Soviet material, which now covers events from the end of 1991 up to the present day. This new edition retains the features of the successful first edition that have made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss’s accessible history includes full treatments of politics, economics, foreign affairs and wars, and also of everyday life, women, legal developments, religion, literature, art and popular culture. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful with both academics and students, including a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical viewpoints, numerous illustrations and maps that supplement and amplify the text, fully updated bibliographies accompanying each chapter as well as a general bibliography of more comprehensive works, a glossary and a chronology of important events. Moss's 'A History of Russia' will appeal to academics, students and general readers alike.
Walter G. Moss is Professor of History in the Department of History and Philosophy at Eastern Michigan University.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Matter | 1 | ||
| Half Title | 1 | ||
| Title | 3 | ||
| Copyright | 4 | ||
| Dedication | 5 | ||
| Table of Contents | 7 | ||
| List of Maps | 12 | ||
| List of Illustrations | 13 | ||
| Preface to the Second Edition | 19 | ||
| A Note to Students | 23 | ||
| Main Matter | 25 | ||
| Chapter 1: Russia: Geography, Peoples, and Premodern Developments | 25 | ||
| The Land: Physical Features, Climate, and Resources | 25 | ||
| Geography's Impact on Colonization and National Identity | 31 | ||
| The Peoples | 32 | ||
| Ancient Rus to 1855: A Summary of Major Historical Developments | 32 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 40 | ||
| Part One: Late Imperial Russia, 1855-1917 | 44 | ||
| Chapter 2: Alexander II, Reformism, and Radicalism | 47 | ||
| Alexander II: The Man and His Times | 47 | ||
| Emancipation of the Serfs | 49 | ||
| Additional Reforms | 52 | ||
| Autocracy and Its Opponents | 56 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 63 | ||
| Chapter 3: Reactionary Politics, Economic Modernization, and Political Opposition, 1881-1905 | 66 | ||
| Alexander III and Pobedonostsev: The Autocrat and His Chief Adviser | 66 | ||
| Reactionary Policies of Alexander III | 68 | ||
| Policies of Economic Modernization, 1881-1903 | 70 | ||
| Nicholas II and the Politics of Reaction, 1894-1904 | 74 | ||
| Public Opinion and Political Opposition, 1881-1904 | 78 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 86 | ||
| Chapter 4: Russian Imperial and Foreign Policy, 1856-1905 | 89 | ||
| The Far East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Alaska, 1856-1895 | 90 | ||
| Europe, the Poles, and Russia's Western Nationalities, 1856-1875 | 96 | ||
| Crisis in the Balkans and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 | 98 | ||
| European Relations, 1881-1905 | 102 | ||
| Nationalities, Russification, and Discrimination, 1881-1905 | 104 | ||
| Russian Advances in Asia and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 | 109 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 112 | ||
| Chapter 5: Revolution or Evolution? Politics and War, 1905-1917 | 116 | ||
| The 1905 Revolution: From Bloody Sunday to the October Manifesto | 116 | ||
| Continuing Disorders and Duma Preparation | 119 | ||
| The First Two Dumas and the Appointment of Stolypin | 121 | ||
| Stolypin's Land Policies | 125 | ||
| The Third and Fourth Dumas, and the Death of Stolypin | 126 | ||
| The Radical Opposition, 1907-1914 | 129 | ||
| Russian Foreign Policy, 1906-1914 | 130 | ||
| Tsarist Russia and World War I, 1914-1916 | 133 | ||
| Conclusion | 137 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 139 | ||
| Chapter 6: Economics and Society, 1855-1917 | 143 | ||
| Population, Towns, and Urban Society | 144 | ||
| Entrepreneurs and Civil Society | 146 | ||
| Economic Growth | 149 | ||
| Industrial and Urban Workers | 151 | ||
| Nobles and Peasants | 155 | ||
| Food and Drinking; Famine and Diseases | 162 | ||
| Women and Family Life | 164 | ||
| Legal Developments | 168 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 172 | ||
| Chapter 7: Religion and Culture, 1855-1917 | 178 | ||
| Russian Orthodoxy and the State | 179 | ||
| The Non-Orthodox and Other Challenges to Traditional Orthodoxy | 181 | ||
| Education and Scholarship | 184 | ||
| Literature | 187 | ||
| Art and Architecture | 191 | ||
| Music | 193 | ||
| Diagilev and Artistic Cross-Fertilization | 194 | ||
| Popular Culture | 195 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 199 | ||
| Part Two: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991 | 205 | ||
| Chapter 8: The 1917 Revolutions | 209 | ||
| The March Revolution and the Fall of the Romanovs | 210 | ||
| Dual Power | 211 | ||
| Lenin's Return and Leninism | 213 | ||
| Political Realignment | 218 | ||
| Deepening of the Revolution, May-September | 218 | ||
| The Bolsheviks, Classes, and Nationalities | 220 | ||
| The November Revolution: The Bolsheviks Come to Power | 224 | ||
| Analysis of the November Revolution | 226 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 227 | ||
| Chapter 9: Anti-Bolshevism, Civil War, and Allied Intervention | 230 | ||
| Early Opposition, New Policies, and Class Warfare | 231 | ||
| The Fate of the Constituent Assembly and Growing Soviet Authoritarianism | 232 | ||
| Reds Versus Whites and Allied Intervention | 234 | ||
| Nationalities and the Russo-Polish War of 1920 | 239 | ||
| Opposition from the Masses | 242 | ||
| Conclusions, Costs, and Legacy | 245 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 247 | ||
| Chapter 10: The Years of the New Economic Policy, 1921-1927 | 251 | ||
| New Economic Policy and the Famine of 1921-1922 | 252 | ||
| Nepmen and Bourgeois Specialists | 253 | ||
| Changes in the Government and Communist Party | 255 | ||
| Stalin's Rise to Prominence | 258 | ||
| Lenin Versus Stalin | 261 | ||
| Stalin and his Rivals, 1923-1927 | 263 | ||
| The NEP Period: Some Concluding Remarks | 266 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 266 | ||
| Chapter 11: Stalin and Stalinism, 1928-1941 | 268 | ||
| Why Another Revolution? | 269 | ||
| Stalin, the Right Opposition, and the First Five-Year Plan, and Collectivization | 271 | ||
| Achievements and Failures Under the Five-Year Plans, 1928-1941 | 275 | ||
| Stalin and the Early Stalinists | 276 | ||
| Forced Labor, Show Trials, Purges, and Deaths | 277 | ||
| The Stalin Cult, Fostering Patriotism, and Public Opinion | 281 | ||
| Nationality and Constitutional Policies | 285 | ||
| Changes in the Government and Party | 287 | ||
| Stalinism and the Leninist Legacy | 292 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 293 | ||
| Chapter 12: Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917-1941 | 298 | ||
| Overview and the Beginnings of Soviet Diplomacy | 299 | ||
| NEP Years | 302 | ||
| Foreign Policy During the First Five-Year Plan, 1928-1932 | 306 | ||
| Search for Security, 1933-1939 | 308 | ||
| Soviet \"Neutrality,\" September 1939-June 1941 | 314 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 316 | ||
| Chapter 13: The Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945 | 319 | ||
| On the Eve of Battle | 319 | ||
| Warfare and Major Battles, June 1941-May 1945 | 320 | ||
| Government and Peoples; Partisans and Production | 326 | ||
| Lend Lease and Allied Diplomacy | 331 | ||
| The End of World War II and Soviet Gains and Losses | 334 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 335 | ||
| Chapter 14: Postwar and Cold War, 1945-1953 | 339 | ||
| Stalin and His Postwar Domestic Policies | 340 | ||
| The Early Cold War | 345 | ||
| Stalin's Postwar Foreign Policy: An Assessment | 353 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 354 | ||
| Chapter 15: An Economic and Social Transformation, 1917-1953 | 357 | ||
| Economic Overview and Analysis | 357 | ||
| Population, Towns, and Urban Life | 360 | ||
| Social Structure and the New Elite | 364 | ||
| Food and Famine; Drinking and Health | 371 | ||
| Women, Family Life, and Youth | 374 | ||
| Law and Lawlessness | 380 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 386 | ||
| Chapter 16: Religion and Culture, 1917-1953 | 390 | ||
| Church and State | 395 | ||
| Education, Science, and Scholarship | 397 | ||
| Literature | 401 | ||
| Art and Architecture | 406 | ||
| Music | 410 | ||
| Popular Culture and the State | 412 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 415 | ||
| Chapter 17: The Khrushchev Era: Destalinization, Coexistence, and Confrontation | 419 | ||
| Khrushchev's Background, Character, and Beliefs | 419 | ||
| Stalin's Successors and the Execution of Beria | 422 | ||
| Domestic Politics and Khrushchev's Policies | 423 | ||
| Foreign Policy | 434 | ||
| Khrushchev's Decline and Fall | 444 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 446 | ||
| Chapter 18: From Stability to Stagnation, 1964-1985 | 449 | ||
| Leaders and Leadership | 450 | ||
| Political Decline, Corruption, and the Party | 452 | ||
| The Economy: From the Command System to Black Marketeering | 455 | ||
| Public Opinion, Nationalities, and Dissent | 457 | ||
| Foreign Policy: Confrontations and Detente | 462 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 474 | ||
| Chapter 19: Gorbachev and the End of the USSR, 1985-1991 | 477 | ||
| Gorbachev: The Making of a Reformer | 477 | ||
| Domestic Reforms: The First Stage | 479 | ||
| Glasnost, Perestroika, and Democratization | 482 | ||
| Gorbachev's Three Crises, 1988-1991 | 485 | ||
| Gorbachev's \"New-Thinking\" Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War | 493 | ||
| The Coup that Failed and its Aftermath | 498 | ||
| The Collapse of the Soviet Union: A Summary and Analysis | 500 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 503 | ||
| Chapter 20: Economic and Social Life, 1953-1991 | 507 | ||
| Economic and Environmental Overview | 507 | ||
| Foreign Trade and Investment | 510 | ||
| Population, Towns, and Urban Conditions | 511 | ||
| Ruling Class, Social Structure, and Civil Society | 515 | ||
| Blue-Collar Workers: Gains and Losses | 517 | ||
| Life in the Countryside | 518 | ||
| Food and Drink; Sickness and Health | 520 | ||
| Women, Family, and Gender Issues | 523 | ||
| Law and Lawlessness | 527 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 531 | ||
| Chapter 21: Religion and Culture, 1953-1991 | 534 | ||
| Religious Life: From Repression to Resurgence | 535 | ||
| Education, Science, and Scholarship | 539 | ||
| Literature: From the Thaw to Glasnost | 543 | ||
| Art and Architecture | 551 | ||
| Music: From Classical to Rock | 553 | ||
| Additional Aspects of Popular Culture: Youth, Films, Television, and Sports | 556 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 559 | ||
| Chapter 22: Post-Soviet Russia | 562 | ||
| A Changing Economy | 562 | ||
| Social Tensions and Problems | 565 | ||
| Toward a Democratic and Law-Based Society? | 569 | ||
| Religion, Education, and Culture | 582 | ||
| Foreign Policy | 590 | ||
| Conclusion | 597 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 598 | ||
| End Matter | 604 | ||
| General Bibliography | 604 | ||
| 1. Journals and Anthologies Cited in Suggested Sources: A List of Abbreviations | 604 | ||
| 2. Bibliographical Works | 605 | ||
| 3. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, and Statistics | 606 | ||
| 4. Nationalities and Peoples | 608 | ||
| 5. Readings Collections, Anthologies, and Documents | 611 | ||
| 6. General Histories and Historiography | 612 | ||
| 7. Military, Foreign Affairs, and International Relations | 614 | ||
| 8. The Social and Economic Spheres; Gender and Family | 616 | ||
| 9. Culture, Religion, Science, and Education | 618 | ||
| 10. Miscellaneous Works | 623 | ||
| 11. Electronic Sources | 625 | ||
| Appendix A: Chronology | 626 | ||
| Some Significant Dates Before 1855 | 626 | ||
| Appendix B: Glossary | 637 | ||
| Appendix C: World Oil Prices | 642 | ||
| Index | 643 |