Russia : the once and future empire from pre-history to Putin /
Longworth, Philip, 1933-
Russia : the once and future empire from pre-history to Putin / Philip Longworth. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2006. - vii, 398 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
"First published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers), a division of Hodder Headline, under the title Russia's empires: their rise and fall: from prehistory to Putin"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-377) and index.
The Russians : who are they? -- The first Russian state -- Reincarnation -- The foundations of an empire -- Ivan IV and the first imperial expansion -- The crash -- Recovery -- Peter the Great and the breakthrough to the west -- Glorious expansion -- The romantic age of empire -- Descent to destruction -- The construction of a juggernaut -- The high tide of Soviet imperialism -- Autopsy on a deceased empire -- Reinventing Russia.
031236041X 9780312360412
2006048494
Russia (Federation)--History.
Russia--History.
Soviet Union--History.
Russia : the once and future empire from pre-history to Putin / Philip Longworth. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2006. - vii, 398 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
"First published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers), a division of Hodder Headline, under the title Russia's empires: their rise and fall: from prehistory to Putin"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-377) and index.
The Russians : who are they? -- The first Russian state -- Reincarnation -- The foundations of an empire -- Ivan IV and the first imperial expansion -- The crash -- Recovery -- Peter the Great and the breakthrough to the west -- Glorious expansion -- The romantic age of empire -- Descent to destruction -- The construction of a juggernaut -- The high tide of Soviet imperialism -- Autopsy on a deceased empire -- Reinventing Russia.
031236041X 9780312360412
2006048494
Russia (Federation)--History.
Russia--History.
Soviet Union--History.