Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia and the USSR, 1861-1945ISBN: 978-1-4051-6961-5
Hardcover
296 pages
August 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia and the USSR
1861-1945 offers a broad interpretive account of Russian
history from the emancipation of the serfs to the end of World War
II.
- Provides a coherent overview of Russia's development from 1861 through to 1945
- Reflects the latest scholarship by taking a thematic approach to Russian history and bridging the ‘revolutionary divide’ of 1917
- Covers political, economic, cultural, and everyday life issues during a period of major changes in Russian history
- Addresses throughout the diversity of national groups, cultures, and religions in the Russian Empire and USSR
- Shows how the radical policies adopted after 1917 both changed Russia and perpetuated an economic and political rigidity that continues to influence modern society