The Russia reader : history, culture, politics / edited by Adele Barker and Bruce Grant. - London : Duke University P., 2010. - xiii, 769 p. ; 8 pages of plates : ill., maps, photos. - (World readers). .

Includes bibliographical references.

Icons and archetypes -- From Kyiv through Muscovy -- Reform to revolution -- Far pavilions : Siberia -- A changing countryside -- Near pavilions : the Caucasus -- Revolution -- Building a new world from the old -- Rising Stalinism -- The great terror -- The war years -- The thaw -- Russians abroad, near and far -- Life under advanced socialism -- Things fall apart -- Building a new world, again.

9780822346487 (pbk.)


Russia--History.
Soviet Union--History.
Russia.--Civilization.
Russia.--Social conditions..
Soviet Union--Social conditions.
Russia--Politics and government.
Soviet Union--Politics and government.

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