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Revised and expanded to cover the initiation of glasnost and perestroika in 1985, the resignation of Gorbachev in 1991, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the events of 1992, the most authoritative, readable, and well-balanced history of Russia is now more timely than ever. Widely acclaimed as the best one-volume survey available, written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, Riasanovsky's History has for years been the consistent choice of scholars, students, and general readers alike. Drawing on both primary sources and major interpretive works, including those by Soviet historians, it paints a rich portrait of each period of Russian and Soviet history through ample coverage of social, economic, and cultural developments, as well as political and military history. Riasanovsky also offers unusually balanced treatment of historiographical issues, stating his own position on points of contention and presenting in turn contrasting viewpoints, allowing readers to form their own judgments. With an important new chapter on the Gorbachev period and the breakup of the Soviet Union, and a fully updated bibliography, Riasanovsky's History remains a cornerstone of the literature, the most comprehensive and reliable guide to the main themes of Russian history.… (meer)
La ricostruzione dello storico Riasanovsky accompagna i russi attraverso la loro storia millenaria dallo stato di Kiev al principato di Mosca, dal regno di Ivan il Terribile all'ampio processo di occidentalizzazione di Pietro il Grande, dai tentativi riformistici del XIX secolo fino alla fondazione dello stato sovietico, dagli anni del terrore staliniano a quelli della stagnazione brezneviana. Sergio Romano, già ambasciatore a Mosca, ha completato l'opera con tre nuovi capitoli in cui il lettore troverà una prima interpretazione storica delle trasformazione politiche, economiche, sociali e culturali che si sono prodotte in questi ultimi anni, dalla svolta democratica di Gorbacev alla fine dell'Urss, dalla presidenza di El'cin a quella di Putin.
La ricostruzione dello storico Riasanovsky accompagna i russi attraverso la loro storia millenaria dallo stato di Kiev al principato di Mosca, dal regno di Ivan il Terribile all'ampio processo di occidentalizzazione di Pietro il Grande, dai tentativi riformistici del XIX secolo fino alla fondazione dello stato sovietico, dagli anni del terrore staliniano a quelli della stagnazione brezneviana. Sergio Romano, già ambasciatore a Mosca, ha completato l'opera con tre nuovi capitoli in cui il lettore troverà una prima interpretazione storica delle trasformazione politiche, economiche, sociali e culturali che si sono prodotte in questi ultimi anni, dalla svolta democratica di Gorbacev alla fine dell'Urss, dalla presidenza di El'cin a quella di Putin.
Read this for my Russian history class in college back in the mid-80s. Very comprehensive but easy to follow linear history of Russia from earliest times through Brezhnev's death. ( )
This is an academic textbook that covers the history of Rus/Russia to approximately 2010. Its covers both classic history but also culture of each time period. The authors are well read and sometimes appear to be unable to strongly favor any point of view. It is less straightforward than Russia and Russians which is a more one opinion work. I enjoyed learning a lot. The only flaw/disappointment was how they dealt with Stalin or rather did not deal with him. From reading this text one would not get the impression of who or what Stalin was.
All and all a good read for anyone wanting an english text that deals with Russian and particularly good are the insights into culture in different time periods. ( )
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The Russian Empire, and later the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, represented a land mass of over eight and one-half million square miles, an area larger than the entire North America continent.
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That so many young people believe that it is reasonable to hope "to live well, to live at ease" may be one of the most encouraging developments in the still breif history of Russia after communism.
Revised and expanded to cover the initiation of glasnost and perestroika in 1985, the resignation of Gorbachev in 1991, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the events of 1992, the most authoritative, readable, and well-balanced history of Russia is now more timely than ever. Widely acclaimed as the best one-volume survey available, written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, Riasanovsky's History has for years been the consistent choice of scholars, students, and general readers alike. Drawing on both primary sources and major interpretive works, including those by Soviet historians, it paints a rich portrait of each period of Russian and Soviet history through ample coverage of social, economic, and cultural developments, as well as political and military history. Riasanovsky also offers unusually balanced treatment of historiographical issues, stating his own position on points of contention and presenting in turn contrasting viewpoints, allowing readers to form their own judgments. With an important new chapter on the Gorbachev period and the breakup of the Soviet Union, and a fully updated bibliography, Riasanovsky's History remains a cornerstone of the literature, the most comprehensive and reliable guide to the main themes of Russian history.
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