A History of Russia

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ISBN: 9781843310235 | 1843310236
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This new edition retains the features of the first edition that made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss's accessible history includes full treatment of everyday life, the role of women, rural life, law, religion, literature and art. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful with both professors and students, including: a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical perspectives, numerous illustrations and maps that supplement and amplify the text, fully updated bibliographies accompanying each chapter as well as a general bibliography of more comprehensive works, a glossary, and chronological and genealogical lists. Moss's A History of Russia will appeal to academics, students and general readers alike.

List of Maps

Preface to the Second Edition

xvii

A Note to Students

xxi

Land and Peoples: From Ancient Times to the Present

(14)

The Land: Physical Features, Climate, and Resources

(7)

Geography's Impact on Colonization and National Identity

(1)

The Peoples: From Ancient Times to the Present

(2)

Suggested Sources

(4)

PART I The Rus Era

Rus Politics

(19)

Varangians and the Princes

(7)

Domestic Politics of Rus

(4)

Slavic-Varangian Expansion and Foreign Powers

(6)

Suggested Sources

(2)

Rus Society, Religion, and Culture

(20)

The Towns

(1)

Foreign and Domestic Trade

(1)

Rural Life

(1)

Class Structure and the Military

(1)

Women

(2)

Secular and Church Law

(1)

Religion and Culture

(10)

Suggested Sources

(2)

The Rise of New Centers

(13)

Growing Rus Diversity and the Fate of Kiev

(3)

Rise of Suzdalia

(2)

Significance of Suzdalia

(1)

Galicia and Volhynia

(1)

Novgorod

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Suggested Sources

(3)

PART II The Mongols and the Rise of Moscow to 1533

The Mongol Conquest and Subjugation

(12)

The Mongol Empire and the Invasion of Rus

(2)

Mongol Rule in the Thirteenth Century

(4)

Mongol Rule and Russian Princes: Suzdalia and Novgorod

(3)

Mongols and Russian Historiography

(1)

Suggested Sources

(2)

Moscow and Its Rivals, 1304--1533

(22)

Emergence of Moscow, 1304--1389

(4)

The Lithuanian Challenge

(2)

Moscow's Struggles and Successes, 1389--1462

(3)

The End of Novgorodian Independence and the Triumph of Moscow, 1462--1533

(6)

Evolution of Muscovy's Government

(3)

Causes of Moscow's Success

(2)

Suggested Sources

(2)

Society, Religion, and Culture, 1240--1533

101

(28)

Mongols' Economic Impact

101

(4)

Eating and Drinking; Famines and Other Calamities

105

(2)

Rural Life and the Military

107

(1)

Class Structure and Slavery

108

(2)

Women and Family Life

110

(2)

Growth of the Law

112

(1)

Religion

113

(3)

Literature and Art

116

(7)

Suggested Sources

123

(6)

PART III Muscovy and Its Expansion, 1533--1689

Ivan the Terrible: Autocrat

129

(17)

Ivan IV: Sources and Personality

129

(1)

Childhood, Coronation, and Early Domestic Policies

130

(2)

Muscovy Expansion: Successes and Failures

132

(5)

Domestic Policies, 1558--1584

137

(4)

The Legacy of Ivan IV

141

(2)

Suggested Sources

143

(3)

The Time of Troubles, 1598--1613

146

(14)

Background: Russia under Fedor (1584--1598)

146

(1)

Tsar Boris, Civil War, and Pseudo Dmitri

147

(4)

Tsar Vasili Shuisky and Renewed Civil War

151

(4)

Foreign Intervention, Continued Civil War, and the Selection of Mikhail Romanov

155

(2)

Conclusion

157

(1)

Suggested Sources

158

(2)

The First Romanovs, 1613--1689

160

(24)

The Reign of Mikhail, 1613--1645

160

(2)

The Reign of Alexei, 1645--1676

162

(8)

Fedor III and Sophia, 1676--1689

170

(3)

Government and Administration, 1613--1689

173

(2)

The Continuing Development of Autocracy

175

(3)

Conquest of Siberia

178

(3)

Suggested Sources

181

(3)

Economic and Social Life, 1533--1689

184

(21)

Economic, Overview, Population, Urban Life, Manufacturing, and Trade

185

(4)

Drinking, Smoking, Fires, Famines, and Plagues

189

(2)

Peasants and the Establishment of Serfdom

191

(1)

Service State, Social Structure, and Slavery

192

(3)

The Military

195

(1)

Women and Family Life

196

(2)

Crimes, Punishments, and the Law

198

(4)

Suggested Sources

202

(3)

Religion and Culture, 1533--1689

205

(21)

Religion

206

(5)

Popular Culture

211

(2)

Learning, Morality, and Literature

213

(4)

Architecture and Painting

217

(3)

Suggested Sources

220

(6)

PART IV Early Imperial Russia, 1689--1855

Peter the Great

226

(25)

Youth and Personality

226

(2)

The Ousting of Sophia and the First Decade of Peter's Reign, 1689--1699

228

(3)

The Great Northern War and Foreign Affairs, 1700--1725

231

(3)

Domestic Changes and Reforms

234

(10)

Opposition

244

(3)

Peter's Death and Legacy

247

(2)

Suggested Sources

249

(2)

Three Empresses and Three Emperors: Rulers and Politics, 1725--1762

251

(16)

Catherine I and Peter II, 1725--1730

252

(1)

Anna, the Nobles, and the Crisis of 1730

253

(2)

The Reign of Anna, 1730--1740

255

(1)

Ivan VI and Elizabeth, 1740--1761

256

(2)

Diplomacy and Wars, 1725--1761

258

(2)

The Short Reign of Peter III

260

(2)

The Empire, 1725--1761

262

(3)

Suggested Sources

265

(2)

The Reign of Catherine the Great

267

(24)

Catherine II: Background and the 1762 Coup

268

(1)

Domestic Policies

269

(6)

Political Opposition and Criticism

275

(5)

Foreign Policy

280

(5)

The Empire: Uniformity, Integration, and Colonization

285

(3)

Catherine's Death and Significance

288

(1)

Suggested Sources

288

(3)

Eighteenth-Century Economic and Social Life

291

(22)

Population and Towns

291

(2)

Manufacturing and Trade

293

(2)

Villages and Housing

295

(2)

Agriculture, Nobles, and Peasants

297

(4)

Eating and Drinking; Famines and Other Calamities

301

(4)

Women and Family Life

305

(3)

Russian Law: Change and Continuity

308

(3)

Suggested Sources

311

(2)

Eighteenth-Century Religion and Culture

313

(18)

Russian Orthodoxy

313

(2)

Schismatics and Sectarians

315

(1)

Philosophy, Freemasonry, and Public Life

316

(2)

Education and Scholarship

318

(2)

Language and Literature

320

(4)

Art and Music

324

(3)

The Problem of Two Cultures

327

(1)

Suggested Sources

328

(3)

The Reigns of Paul and Alexander I, 1796--1825

331

(25)

Emperor Paul and His Domestic Policies

331

(3)

Alexander I and Reform, 1801--1812

334

(4)

Russian Foreign Policy, 1796--1812

338

(3)

Napoleon and Russia, 1812--1815

341

(2)

Russian Foreign Policy, 1815--1825

343

(1)

Ruling the Empire, 1796--1825

344

(4)

Domestic Policies, 1815--1825

348

(1)

Political Opposition and the Decembrists

349

(5)

Suggested Sources

354

(2)

Nicholas I: Despotism, Reform, and Legitimacy, 1825--1855

356

(20)

Nicholas I: The Man and His Political Views

357

(1)

Administration and Internal Policies

358

(3)

Nicholas and the Western Nationalities

361

(3)

Public Opinion and Opposition

364

(4)

Foreign Affairs and Russian Expansion

368

(3)

The Military and the Crimean War

371

(3)

Suggested Sources

374

(2)

Economic and Social Life, 1796--1855

376

(24)

Population and Towns

376

(3)

Industry and Trade

379

(3)

Nobles and Peasants

382

(7)

Eating and Drinking; Famines and Diseases

389

(2)

Women and Family Life

391

(4)

Laws, Courts and Punishment

395

(2)

Suggested Sources

397

(3)

Religion and Culture, 1796--1855

400

(22)

Religion

400

(5)

Education and Scholarship

405

(4)

Literature

409

(5)

Art and Music

414

(3)

Suggested Sources

417

(5)

PART V Late Imperial Russia, 1855--1917

Alexander II, Reformism, and Radicalism

422

(19)

Alexander II: The Man and His Times

422

(2)

Emancipation of the Serfs

424

(3)

Additional Reforms

427

(4)

Autocracy and Its Opponents

431

(7)

Suggested Sources

438

(3)

Reactionary Politics, Economic Modernization, and Political Opposition, 1881--1905

441

(23)

Alexander III and Pobedonostsev: The Autocrat and His Chief Adviser

441

(2)

Reactionary Policies of Alexander III

443

(3)

Policies of Economic Modernization, 1881--1903

446

(3)

Nicholas II and the Politics of Reaction, 1894--1904

449

(4)

Public Opinion and Political Opposition, 1881--1904

453

(9)

Suggested Sources

462

(2)

Russian Imperial and Foreign Policy, 1856--1905

464

(27)

The Far East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Alaska, 1856--1895

465

(6)

Europe, the Poles, and Russia's Western Nationalities, 1856--1875

471

(4)

Crisis in the Balkans and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877--1878

475

(2)

European Relations, 1881--1905

477

(2)

Nationalities, Russification, and Discrimination, 1881--1905

479

(6)

Siberia and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904--1905

485

(3)

Suggested Sources

488

(3)

Revolution or Evolution? Politics and War, 1905--1917

491

(26)

The 1905 Revolution: From Bloody Sunday to the October Manifesto

491

(3)

Continuing Disorders and Duma Preparation

494

(3)

The First Two Dumas and the Appointment of Stolypin

497

(3)

Stolypin's Land Policies

500

(1)

The Third and Fourth Dumas and the Death of Stolypin

501

(3)

The Radical Opposition, 1907--1914

504

(1)

Russian Foreign Policy, 1906--1914

505

(4)

Tsarist Russia and World War I, 1914--1916

509

(4)

Conclusion

513

(1)

Suggested Sources

514

(3)

Economics and Society, 1855--1917

517

(35)

Population, Towns, and Urban Society

518

(2)

Enterpreneurs and Civil Society

520

(3)

Economic Growth

523

(3)

Industrial and Urban Workers

526

(3)

Nobles and Peasants

529

(7)

Food and Drinking; Famine and Diseases

536

(2)

Women and Family Life

538

(4)

Legal Developments

542

(5)

Suggested Sources

547

(5)

Religion and Culture, 1855--1917

552

(26)

Russian Orthodoxy and the State

553

(2)

The Non-Orthodox and other Challenges to Traditional Orthodoxy

555

(3)

Education and Scholarship

558

(3)

Literature

561

(5)

Art and Architecture

566

(2)

Music

568

(1)

Diagilev and Artistic Cross-Fertilization

568

(1)

Popular Culture

569

(4)

Suggested Sources

573

(5)

General Bibliography for Russia to 1917

578

(14)

Appendix A Chronology

592

(8)

Appendix B: Rus/Russian Rulers

600

(3)

Appendix C: Glossary

603

(4)

Index

607

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