Russia and the USSR in the Twentieth Century

, by MacKenzie, David; Curran, Michael W.

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ISBN: 9780534571955 | 0534571956
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/11/2001

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In this revision of their best-selling text, MacKenzie and Curran present a succinct, updated history from the later imperial tsarist regime to the current Russia. Acclaimed in the field for its clarity, comprehensiveness, and accuracy, the text balances social/cultural history with political history through the Putin presidency, and offers Russian as well as post-Soviet views of Russian history.

1. BACKGROUND AND EARLY HISTORY
Challenge and Response
Geography
The Peoples
Summary of Russian History to 1855. 2
REFORM AND REACTION, 1855-1904. The Great Reforms
Foreign Affairs, 1815-1881. Domestic Affairs, 1881-1904
Foreign Affairs, 1881-1904. 3
THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT TO 1904. Revolutionary Populism
The Development of Marxism
From Populism to the Socialist Revolutionaries
On the Eve
4. REVOLUTION, REACTION, AND REFORM, 1905-1914
The Revolution of 1905. Creation of the Duma Monarchy, 1905-1906
Political Development, 1907-1914. Economic and Social Development
Foreign Affairs, 1906-1914. 5
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, 1855-1917. Literature
Music
Painting
Architecture
6. WAR AND REVOLUTION, 1914-1917
Russia Enters World War I
War Aims and Wartime Diplomacy
The Army and the Fronts
The Home Front
The March Revolution
7. FROM MARCH TO NOVEMBER 1917
The "Dual Power"
The Bolsheviks Gain Leaders and a Program
The Revolution Moves Left (May-July)
Kornilov and the Rightward Shift (July-September)
The Rising Tide (September-November)
The November Revolution
8. CIVIL WAR AND WAR COMMUNISM, 1917-1921
First Steps, 1917-1918. Civil War, 1918-1920
Civil War and Allied Intervention, 1918-1920. "War Communism": An Economic Disaster
The Kronstadt Revolt of 1921. 9
THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY AND POWER STRUGGLE, 1921-1927. Economic and Political Controls of NEP
The Struggle over Succession
10. THE POLITICS OF STALINISM, 1928-1941
Intraparty Struggles and Crises, 1929-1934. The Great Purge
Government and Party Organization
Stalinism
11. THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
The Great Industrialization Debate, 1924-1928. Forced Collectivization
Industry: The Five Year Plans
Shifts in Social Policies
12. SOVIET CULTURE UNDER LENIN AND STALIN, 1917-1953
Initial Policies
Lunacharskii: The Politics of Culture
Soviet Culture in the Making: Proletkult and Other Vanguard Groups
Literature
The Cinema
Education
Science
Stalinist Culture, 1929-1953. Partiinost in Literature
Anticosmopolitanism and the Arts
Music
13. SOVIET FOREIGN RELATIONS TO 1941
First Revolutionary Era, 1917-1921. Accommodation, 1921-1927
Neoisolationism, 1928-1933. Collective Security, 1934-1937
The Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939-1941. 14
WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1941-1953. Invasion
The 1942 Campaign: The Turning Point
Soviet Offensives and Allied Victory, 1943-1945. The USSR and the Far Eastern War
Postwar Stalinism
15. THE KHRUSHCHEV ERA, 1953-1964
Politics: Repudiating Stalinism
Economy: Focus on Agriculture
Foreign Affairs: Crises in the Communist Bloc Countries
Khrushchev's Fall
16. THE BREZHNEV ERA, 1964-1982
Politics: Brezhnev's Rise
Nationalism and Dissent
Economy and Society
Foreign Affairs and Armed Forces
17. THE SOVIET GERONTOCRACY, 1982-1985
Domestic Politics
Economy and Society
Foreign Policy
18. THE GORBACHEV REVOLUTION, 1985-1991
The Leader and the Succession
Glasnost and Political Reform
Nationalities and Nationalism
Perestroika's Impact on the Economy and Society
National Security and Foreign Affairs
19. SOVIET CULTURE AFTER STALIN, 1953-1991
The Thaw, 1953-1956. Dr
Zhivago and the Refreeze
Culture under Khrushchev
Culture under Brezhnev
Culture under Gorbachev, 1985-1991. 20
THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION, 1990-1992. Gorbachev Declines, Yeltsin Rises, 1990-1991
The August Coup
The Demise of the Soviet Union, 1991-1992. The Commonwealth of Independent States
21. THE YELTSIN YEARS, 1991-1999
The Legacy of Soviet Communism
Environmental Problems: A Devastated Land
Troubled Transitions, 1992-? Politics: Yeltsin versus the Parliament
Post-Soviet Culture
Yeltsin's Disputed Legacy
22. THE PUTIN PRESIDENCY
Early Life and Career
The Road to the Presidency
Putin as President
Tentative Assessment
Culture Under Yeltsin and Putin
Appendix A: Russian and Soviet Leaders, 1801-2000. Appendix B: Areas and Populations of Former Soviet Union Republics
Appendix C: Populations of Principal Cities of the Russian Federation
Index

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