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This new edition retains the features of the first edition that made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss's accessible history includes full treatment of everyday life, the role of women, rural life, law, religion, literature and art. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful, including: a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical perspectives, numerous illustrations and maps, fully updated bibliographies accompanying each chapter as well as a general bibliography, a glossary, and chronological and genealogical lists.
'An expertly presented and thoroughly informative narration recommended for a scholar's Russian history reference shelf, as well as accessibly informative reading for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in the historical development of Russia.' —'Midwest Book Review'
This new edition retains the features of the first edition that made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss's accessible history includes full treatment of everyday life, the role of women, rural life, law, religion, literature and art. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful with both professors and students, including: a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical perspectives, 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 chronological and genealogical lists. Moss's 'A History of Russia' will appeal to academics, students and general readers alike.
'Manages to embrace a wide range of topics while at the same time remaining accessible and interesting…Balances humorous anecdotes with provocative concepts, and discusses historiography in a clearer and more contemporary fashion than that found in Riasanovsky's 'A History of Russia', now in its sixth edition and looking a bit musty by comparison...There is little to fault with this volume.' —Andrew Gentes, Lecturer in Russian and European History, University of Queensland, in 'Australian Slavonic and East European Studies'
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 | 15 | ||
| Preface to the Second Edition | 17 | ||
| A Note to Students | 21 | ||
| Main Matter | 35 | ||
| Chapter 1: Land and Peoples: From Ancient Times to the Present | 23 | ||
| The Land: Physical Features, Climate, and Resources | 23 | ||
| Geography's Impact on Colonization and National Identity | 30 | ||
| The Peoples: From Ancient Times to the Present | 31 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 33 | ||
| Part One: The Rus Era | 35 | ||
| Chapter 2: Rus Politics | 37 | ||
| Varangians and the Princes | 37 | ||
| Slavic-Varangian Expansion and Foreign Powers | 48 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 54 | ||
| Chapter 3: Rus Society, Religion, and Culture | 56 | ||
| The Towns | 57 | ||
| Foreign and Domestic Trade | 58 | ||
| Rural Life | 59 | ||
| Class Structure and the Military | 60 | ||
| Women | 61 | ||
| Secular and Church Law | 63 | ||
| Religion and Culture | 64 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 74 | ||
| Chapter 4: The Rise of New Centers | 76 | ||
| Growing Rus Diversity and the Fate of Kiev | 76 | ||
| Rise of Suzdalia | 79 | ||
| Significance of Suzdalia | 81 | ||
| Galicia and Volhynia | 82 | ||
| Novgorod | 83 | ||
| Conclusion | 85 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 86 | ||
| Part Two: The Mongols and the Rise of Moscow to 1533 | 87 | ||
| Chapter 5: The Mongol Conquest and Subjugation | 89 | ||
| The Mongol Empire and the Invasion of Rus | 89 | ||
| Mongol Rule in the Thirteenth Century | 91 | ||
| Mongol Rule and Russian Princes: Suzdalia and Novgorod | 95 | ||
| Mongols and Russian Historiography | 98 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 99 | ||
| Chapter 6: Moscow and Its Rivals, 1304-1533 | 101 | ||
| Emergence of Moscow, 1304-1389 | 101 | ||
| The Lithuanian Challenge | 105 | ||
| Moscow's Struggles and Successes, 1389-1462 | 107 | ||
| The End of Novgorodian Independence and the Triumph of Moscow, 1462-1533 | 110 | ||
| Evolution of Muscovy's Government | 116 | ||
| Causes of Moscow's Success | 119 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 121 | ||
| Chapter 7: Society, Religion, and Culture, 1240-1533 | 123 | ||
| Mongol's Economic Impact | 123 | ||
| Eating and Drinking; Famines and Other Calamities | 127 | ||
| Rural Life and the Military | 129 | ||
| Class Structure and Slavery | 130 | ||
| Women and Family Life | 132 | ||
| Growth of the Law | 134 | ||
| Religion | 135 | ||
| Literature and Art | 138 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 145 | ||
| Part Three: Muscovy and Its Expansion, 1533-1689 | 149 | ||
| Chapter 8: Ivan the Terrible: Autocrat | 151 | ||
| Ivan IV: Sources and Personality | 151 | ||
| Childhood, Coronation, and Early Domestic Policies | 152 | ||
| Muscovy Expansion: Successes and Failures | 154 | ||
| Domestic Policies, 1558-1584 | 159 | ||
| The Legacy of Ivan IV | 163 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 165 | ||
| Chapter 9: The Time of Troubles, 1598-1613 | 168 | ||
| Background: Russia Under Fedor (1584-1598) | 168 | ||
| Tsar Boris, Civil War, and Pseudo Dmitri | 169 | ||
| Tsar Vasili Shuisky and Renewed Civil War | 173 | ||
| Foreign Intervention, Continued Civil War, and the Selection of Mikhail Romanov | 177 | ||
| Conclusion | 179 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 180 | ||
| Chapter 10: The First Romanovs, 1613-1689 | 182 | ||
| The Reign of Mikhail, 1613-1645 | 182 | ||
| The Reign of Alexei, 1645-1676 | 184 | ||
| Fedor III and Sophia, 1676-1689 | 192 | ||
| Government and Administration, 1613-1689 | 195 | ||
| The Continuing Development of Autocracy | 197 | ||
| Conquest of Siberia | 200 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 203 | ||
| Chapter 11: Economic and Social Life, 1533-1689 | 206 | ||
| Economic Overview, Population, Urban Life, Manufacturing, and Trade | 207 | ||
| Drinking, Smoking, Fires, Famine, and Plagues | 211 | ||
| Peasants and the Establishment of Serfdom | 213 | ||
| Service State, Social Structure, and Slavery | 214 | ||
| The Military | 217 | ||
| Women and Family Life | 218 | ||
| Crimes, Punishments, and the Law | 220 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 224 | ||
| Chapter 12: Religion and Culture, 1533-1689 | 227 | ||
| Religion | 228 | ||
| Popular Culture | 233 | ||
| Learning, Morality, and Literature | 235 | ||
| Architecture and Painting | 239 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 242 | ||
| Part Four: Early Imperial Russia, 1689-1855 | 245 | ||
| Chapter 13: Peter the Great | 248 | ||
| Youth and Personality | 248 | ||
| The Ousting of Sophia and the First Decade of Peter's Reign, 1689-1699 | 250 | ||
| The Great Northern War and Foreign Affairs, 1700-1725 | 253 | ||
| Domestic Changes and Reforms | 256 | ||
| Opposition | 266 | ||
| Peter's Death and Legacy | 269 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 271 | ||
| Chapter 14: Three Empresses and Three Emperors: Rulers and Politics, 1725-1762 | 273 | ||
| Catherine I and Peter II, 1725-1730 | 274 | ||
| Anna, the Nobles, and the Crisis of 1730 | 275 | ||
| The Reign of Anna, 1730-1740 | 277 | ||
| Ivan VI and Elizabeth, 1740-1761 | 278 | ||
| Diplomacy and Wars, 1725-1761 | 280 | ||
| The Short Reign of Peter III | 282 | ||
| The Empire, 1725-1761 | 284 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 287 | ||
| Chapter 15: The Reign of Catherine the Great | 289 | ||
| Catherine II: Background and the 1762 Coup | 290 | ||
| Domestic Policies | 291 | ||
| Political Opposition and Criticism | 297 | ||
| Foreign Policy | 302 | ||
| The Empire: Uniformity, Integration, and Colonization | 307 | ||
| Catherine's Death and Significance | 310 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 310 | ||
| Chapter 16: Eighteenth-Century Economic and Social LIfe | 313 | ||
| Population and Towns | 313 | ||
| Manufacturing and Trade | 315 | ||
| Villages and Housing | 317 | ||
| Agriculture, Nobles, and Peasants | 319 | ||
| Eating and Drinking; Famines and Other Calamities | 323 | ||
| Women and Family Life | 327 | ||
| Russian Law: Change and Continuity | 330 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 333 | ||
| Chapter 17: Eighteenth-Century Religion and Culture | 335 | ||
| Russian Orthodoxy | 335 | ||
| Schismatics and Sectarians | 337 | ||
| Philosophy, Freemasonry, and Public Life | 338 | ||
| Education and Scholarship | 340 | ||
| Language and Literature | 342 | ||
| Art and Music | 346 | ||
| The Problem of Two Cultures | 349 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 350 | ||
| Chapter 18: The Reigns of Paul and Alexander I, 1796-1825 | 353 | ||
| Emperor Paul and His Domestic Policies | 353 | ||
| Alexander I and Reform, 1801-1812 | 356 | ||
| Russian Foreign Policy, 1796-1812 | 360 | ||
| Napoleon and Russia, 1812-1815 | 363 | ||
| Russian Foreign Policy, 1815-1825 | 365 | ||
| Ruling the Empire, 1796-1825 | 366 | ||
| Domestic Policies, 1815-1825 | 370 | ||
| Political Opposition and the Decembrists | 371 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 376 | ||
| Chapter 19: Nicholas I: Despotism, Reform, and Legitimacy, 1825-1855 | 378 | ||
| Nicholas I: The Man and his Political Views | 379 | ||
| Administration and Internal Policies | 380 | ||
| Nicholas and the Western Nationalities | 383 | ||
| Public Opinion and Opposition | 386 | ||
| Foreign Affairs and Russian Expansion | 390 | ||
| The Military and the Crimean War | 393 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 396 | ||
| Chapter 20: Economic and Social Life, 1796-1855 | 398 | ||
| Population and Towns | 398 | ||
| Industry and Trade | 401 | ||
| Nobles and Peasants | 404 | ||
| Eating and Drinking; Famines and Diseases | 411 | ||
| Women and Family Life | 413 | ||
| Laws, Courts, and Punishment | 417 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 419 | ||
| Chapter 21: Religion and Culture, 1796-1855 | 422 | ||
| Religion | 422 | ||
| Education and Scholarship | 427 | ||
| Literature | 431 | ||
| Art and Music | 436 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 439 | ||
| Part Five: Late Imperial Russia, 1855-1917 | 441 | ||
| Chapter 22: Alexander II, Reformism, and Radicalism | 444 | ||
| Alexander II: The Man and His Times | 444 | ||
| Emancipation of the Serfs | 446 | ||
| Additional Reforms | 449 | ||
| Autocracy and Its Opponents | 453 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 460 | ||
| Chapter 23: Reactionary Politics, Economic Modernization, and Political Opposition, 1881-1905 | 463 | ||
| Alexander III and Pobedonostsev: The Autocrat and his Chief Adviser | 463 | ||
| Reactionary Policies of Alexander III | 465 | ||
| Policies of Economic Modernization, 1881-1903 | 468 | ||
| Nicholas II and the Politics of Reaction, 1894-1904 | 471 | ||
| Public Opinion and Political Opposition, 1881-1904 | 475 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 484 | ||
| Chapter 24: Russian Imperial and Foreign Policy, 1856-1905 | 486 | ||
| The Far East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Alaska, 1856-1895 | 487 | ||
| Europe, the Poles, and Russia's Western Nationalities, 1856-1875 | 493 | ||
| Crisis in the Balkans and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 | 497 | ||
| European Relations, 1881-1905 | 499 | ||
| Nationalities, Russification, and Discrimination, 1881-1905 | 501 | ||
| Siberia and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 | 507 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 510 | ||
| Chapter 25: Revolution or Evolution? Politics and War, 1905-1917 | 513 | ||
| The 1905 Revolution: From Bloody Sunday to the October Manifesto | 513 | ||
| Continuing Disorders and Duma Preparation | 516 | ||
| The First Two Dumas and the Appointment of Stolypin | 519 | ||
| Stolypin's Land Policies | 522 | ||
| The Third and Fourth Dumas and the Death of Stolypin | 523 | ||
| The Radical Opposition, 1907-1914 | 526 | ||
| Russian Foreign Policy, 1906-1914 | 527 | ||
| Tsarist Russia and World War I, 1914-1916 | 531 | ||
| Conclusion | 535 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 536 | ||
| Chapter 26: Economics and Society, 1855-1917 | 539 | ||
| Population, Towns, and Urban Society | 540 | ||
| Entrepreneurs and Civil Society | 542 | ||
| Economic Growth | 545 | ||
| Industrial and Urban Workers | 548 | ||
| Nobles and Peasants | 551 | ||
| Food and Drinking; Famine and Diseases | 558 | ||
| Women and Family Life | 560 | ||
| Legal Developments | 564 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 569 | ||
| Chapter 27: Religion and Culture, 1855-1917 | 574 | ||
| Russian Orthodoxy and the State | 575 | ||
| The Non-Orthodoxy and Other Challenges to Traditional Orthodoxy | 577 | ||
| Education and Scholarship | 580 | ||
| Literature | 583 | ||
| Art and Architecture | 588 | ||
| Music | 590 | ||
| Diagilev and Artistic Cross-Fertilization | 590 | ||
| Popular Culture | 591 | ||
| Suggested Sources | 595 | ||
| End Matter | 600 | ||
| General Bibliography for Russia to 1917 | 600 | ||
| 1. Journals, Collections, and Anthologies Cited in Suggested Sources, Footnotes, and Bibliography: A List of Abbreviations | 600 | ||
| 2. Bibliographical Works | 601 | ||
| 3. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, and Statistics | 602 | ||
| 4. Empire, Nationalities, and Peoples | 603 | ||
| 5. Readings, Collections, Anthologies, and Documents | 605 | ||
| 6. General Works, Histories, and Historiography | 606 | ||
| 7. Foreign Policy and International Relations | 609 | ||
| 8. Culture, Religion, Science, and Education | 610 | ||
| 9. Electronic Sources | 613 | ||
| Appendix A: Chronology | 614 | ||
| Appendix B: Rus/Russian Rulers | 622 | ||
| Appendix C: Glossary | 625 | ||
| Index | 629 |