A History of Russia: Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces

A History of Russia: Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces is a comprehensive narrative conceived and developed after the collapse of the former Soviet Union. Informed by the burgeoning historiography of the 1990s, the text balances political and economic explorations of everyday life, social roles, cultural dynamics, and gender issues. Many texts on this subject are written from a pre-Confederation point of view that may be unsuitable for today's classroom. This text provides strong coverage of 20th-century Russia and the U.S.S.R. without sacrificing its coverage of earlier historical periods.

David Goldfrank is professor of history at Georgetown University. He has published a text on the origins of the Crimean War (Longman, 1993) and has published other books and articles in the area of medieval and monastic Russia. The Contemporary Authors reference text has noted Goldfrank for his Russian translations. He specializes in medieval and Muscovite Russia, medieval Russian diplomacy, and social history of the Russian military. Goldfrank received his Ph.D from the University of Washington.

Lindsey Hughes is professor of history and director at the Centre for Russian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London. In addition to her most recent work, Russia in the Age of Peter the Great (Yale), she has written three books and numerous articles. She is also on the board of Slavonic and East European Review.

Catherine Evtuhov is associate professor of history at Georgetown University. She has published articles in the Slavic Review, Studies in Russian Intellectual History, Journal of Popular Culture, and numerous others. She has written the first English translation of Sergei Bulgakov's Philosophy of Economy: The World as Household with Yale University Press. Her current project is Imagining the Russian Provinces: Material Culture and Local Consciousness in Nizhnii Novgorod, 1840-1900. Her areas of expertise are 19th/20th century intellectual, social, cultural, and religious history. She received her Ph.D from University of California, Berkeley. She is a bilingual speaker fluent in England and Russian.

Richard Stites is professor of history at Georgetown University. He has published books with Oxford, Cambridge, and Princeton. In 1989 he won the prestigious Wayne Vucinich award presented annually by Slavic historians to the best new book in their field. He also contributed a chapter to the Third Edition of Houghton Mifflin's Becoming Visible text. He earned his Ph.D from Harvard in the areas of social and intellectual history of 19th- and 20th-century Russia. He has since become known for his work in the areas of 19th- and 20th-century gender and culture as well.