Russia : A Complete History - Softcover

Peter Neville

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9781842126783: Russia : A Complete History

Synopsis

Originally the lands we now know as Russia were settled by Scythians followed by nomadic tribes - the Sarmatians, Goths, Huns, Khazars and Slavs. The rise of Muscovy with its Tsars from Ivan Moneybags to Ivan the Terrible was followed by the despotic rule of the Romanovs, among them Peter the Great and Catherine II. The October Revolution ended the Tsarist despotism but replaced it with another kind of terror. Peter Neville takes the story right up to the present day, looking at the end of the communist state and the fragmentation of the USSR.

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About the Author

Dr Peter Neville has taught history at the University of the West of England, Queen Mary and Westfield College and Wolverhampton University. He is the author of a major study of Sir Nevile Henderson, and several other texts on modern British and European history.

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9781900624299: Russia, the USSR, the CIS and the independent states: A complete history in one volume

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ISBN 10:  190062429X ISBN 13:  9781900624299
Publisher: Windrush, 2000
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