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Imperial Russiaby Jane Burbank; David L. Ransel
Indiana University Press 1998; US$ 19.95"On the basis of the work presented here, one can say that the future of American scholarship on imperial Russia is in good hands." -- American Historial Review "... innovative and substantive research... " -- The Russian Review "Anyone wishing to understand the 'state of the field' in Imperial Russian history would do well to start with this collection." -- Theodore W. Weeks, H-Net Reviews "The essays are impressive in terms of research conceptualization, and analysis." -- Slavic Review Presenting the results of new research and fresh approaches, the historians whose work is highlighted here seek to extend new ... more...
The Modernisation of Russia, 1676-1825by Simon Dixon; William Beik; T. C. W. Blanning
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 27.00Analytical and thematic account of a colourful period in Russian history accessible to undergraduates of European and Russian history, as well as to the non-specialist reader. Covers Russia's political, social, cultural and intellectual life during its emergence as a great power. more...
Imperial Russia, 1801-1905by Tim Chapman
Routledge 2001; US$ 35.95Imperial Russia, 1801-1905 traces the development of the Russian Empire from the murder of 'mad Tsar Paul' to the reforms of the 1890s that were an attempt to modernise the autocratic atate, more...
Many Deaths of Nicholas IIby Wendy Slater
RoutledgeCurzon 2006; US$ 47.50This book both discusses what actually happened to Nicholas II, the last Tsar, and his family, and also examines the many interesting 'stories' which have accumulated around this horrific event. more...
Origins of the Russian Revolutionby Alan Wood
Routledge 1993; US$ 20.95Looks at the roots of what has been described as the most important political event in the history of the twentieth century, from the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 to the Bolshevik uprising in 1917. more...
Origins of the Russian Revolution, 1861-1917by Alan Wood
Routledge 2003; US$ 22.95A concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861. more...
Leninby Christopher Read
Routledge 2005; US$ 25.95A fresh and original account of Lenin's personal life and political career. more...
Modernizing Muscovyby Jarmo Kotilaine; Marshall Poe
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 180.00Discusses the nature and extent of 'modernization' in seventeenth century Russia, before Peter the Great's accession, showing that, contrary to the popular view, therewas a great deal of modernization in this period. more...
Social Identities in Revolutionary Russiaby Prof Madhavan K. Palat
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 132.00This volume explores the crisis of identity that faced Russia during and after the Revolution. The essays discuss how a re-evaluation of national identity challenged traditional institutions and ideas, having a direct bearing upon personal identity. Topics include the Stolypin agrarian reform, the fracturing of the Intelligentsia and Church reform. Also included in this volume is Khlebinkov's manifesto An Indo-Russian Union published here in Russian with a new English translation. more...
Leon Trotsky and World War Oneby Dr Ian D. Thatcher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2000; US$ 171.00World War I was one of the most important events of the twentieth century. It was also a crucial period in Leon Trotsky's political biography. This work is the first comprehensive examination of Trotsky's writings of 1914-1917 and the context in which they were produced. Its findings challenge Trotsky's autobiography and the standard account by Isaac Deutscher. Trotsky's war-time journalism is shown to be of continuing relevance to contemporary issues ranging from European unity to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans. more...