Abstract

Preface Introduction: Geopolitics, Ecology, and National Character I. Pre-Imperial Rus and the Beginnings of Empire 1. Kievan Rus, the Mongols, and the Rise of Muscovy 2. Ivan IV and the Expansion of Muscovy II. The Troubled Building of Empire 3. The Turbulent Seventeenth Century 4. Peter the Great and Europeanization III. Russia as European Empire 5. State and Society in the Eighteenth Century 6. The Reigns of Paul, Alexander I, and Nicholas I IV. Imperial Crisis 7. Alexander II's Uncertain Reforms 9. The Rise of Nationalism V. Revolution and Utopia 9. Social Change and Revolution 10. War and Revolution 11. Social Transformation and Terror 12. Soviet Society Takes Shape VI. The Decline and Fall of Utopia 13. Recovery and Cold War 14. Soviet Society under Developed Socialism 15. From Perestroika to Russian Federation Chronology Notes Index

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