Russian and Soviet History: From the Time of Troubles to the Collapse of the Soviet UnionSteven A. Usitalo, William Benton Whisenhunt "Russian and Soviet History uses noteworthy themes and important events from Russian history to spark classroom discussion. Consisting of twenty essays written by experts in each area, the book does not simply repeat the conventional themes found in nearly all Russian history texts, anthologies, and documentary compilations. Rather, it showcases current thinking on Russian cultural, political, economic, and social history from the end of the sixteenth century to the demise of the Soviet "experiment." Informed by archival work in the former Soviet Union and a broad range of published sources, this book is intended to introduce students to Russian history in an accessible and provocative format. Its eclectic essays offer readers an incomparable taste of the complexity and richness of Russia as it has evolved from late Muscovy to the modern era." -- Cover description. |
Contents
The Disturbing Legacy of the Time of Troubles | 3 |
THE RUSSIAN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 19 |
The Revolution of Peter the Great | 21 |
Masks and Masquerades at the Court of Elizabeth Petrovna 17411742 | 34 |
Russias First Scientist The SelfFashioning of Mikhail Lomonosov | 51 |
Andrei Bolotov Portrait of an Enlightened Seigneur | 66 |
Did Catherine the Great and Grigorii Potemkin Wed? Some Myths Facts and Observations on Secret Royal Marriages | 79 |
THE RUSSIAN NINETEENTH CENTURY | 91 |
The Zemstvo in Late Imperial Russia Social and Political Change in the Countryside | 162 |
SOVIET RUSSIA | 173 |
Popular Aspirations the New Politics and the October Revolution | 175 |
The Jewish Question in the Soviet Union 19171953 | 185 |
Aviation Cinema in Stalins Russia Conformity Collectivity and the Conflict with Fascism | 200 |
Political Loyalties in Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War | 215 |
Empire Besieged Postwar Politics 19451953 | 229 |
Khrushchev The Impact of Personality on Politics | 241 |
The Invention of Russianness in the Late EighteenthEarly Nineteenth Century | 93 |
Starts and Stops The Development of Official Diplomatic Relations between Russia and the United States | 109 |
The Decembrist Pavel Pestel and the Roots of Russian Republicanism | 121 |
Economic Backwardness in Geographical Perspective Russias Nineteenth Century | 133 |
The Trial of Vera Zasulich | 147 |
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