Russian and Soviet History: From the Time of Troubles to the Collapse of the Soviet Union 0742555917, 9780742555914

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Table of contents :
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction: The Seventeenth Century
1 The Disturbing Legacy of the Time of Troubles Chester S. L. Dunning
Part I: The Russian Eighteenth Century
2 The Revolution of Peter the Great James Cracraft
3 Masks and Masquerades at the Court of Elizabeth Petrovna (1741–1742) lelena Pogosjan
4 Russia's "First" Scientist: The (Self-)Fashioning of Mikhail Lomonosov Steven A. Usitalo
5 Andrei Bolotov: Portrait of an Enlightened Seigneur Colum Leckey
6 Did Catherine the Great and Grigorii Potemkin Wed? Some Myths, Facts, and Observations on Secret Royal Marriages Douglas Smith
Part II: The Russian Nineteenth Century
7 The Invention of "Russianness" in the Late Eighteenth–Early Nineteenth Century AlexanderM. Martin
8 Starts and Stops: The Development of Official Diplomatic Relations between Russia and the United States William Benton Whisenhunt
9 The Decembrist Pavel Pestel and the Roots of Russian Republicanism Patrick O'Meara
10 Economic Backwardness in Geographical Perspective: Russia's Nineteenth Century Susan P. McCaffray
11 The Trial of Vera Zasulich Ana Siljak
12 The Zemstvo in Late Imperial Russia: Social and Political Change in the Countryside Thomas E. Porter
Part III: Soviet Russia
13 Popular Aspirations, the New Politics, and the October Revolution Rex A. Wade
14 The Jewish Question in the Soviet Union, 1917–1953 Jeffrey Veidlinger
15 Aviation Cinema in Stalin's Russia: Conformity, Collectivity, and the Conflict with Fascism Scott W. Palmer
16 Political Loyalties in Leningrad during the "Great Patriotic War" Richard Bidlack
17 Empire Besieged: Postwar Politics (1945–1953) Kees Boterbloem
18 Khrushchev: The Impact of Personality on Politics William Taubman
19 Late-Soviet Prerequisites for Post-Soviet Disasters: Reflections Sergei Arutiunov
20 Gorbachev and the Soviet Collapse: Stirrings of Accountable Government? Martha Merritt
Index
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