Table of Contents

Illustrations. Series Editor's Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Politics. 2. Society. 3. Nations. 4. Modernization. 5. Belief. 6. World. 7. Culture. Conclusion. Timeline. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index.

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"This is a superb interpretive history that integrates the latest research and thoughtfully presents the story of modern Russia in an accessible and elegant way." -Robert D. Crews, Stanford University "Drawing on the latest scholarship, Ted Weeks has written a first-rate account of Russian history from the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 to the end of the World War II. Students and scholars alike will derive great benefit from his accessible prose and analytical insights. Highly recommended." -Glennys Young, University of Washington "A thought-provoking book which sheds fresh light on this period of Russian history, by overcoming the conventional narrative in bridging the tsarist and the Soviet era, and by following a thematic instead of a chronological structure" -Andreas Kappeler, University of Vienna

About the Author

Theodore R. Weeks is Professor of History at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He is author of Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia (1996) and From Assimilation to Antisemitism: The "Jewish Question" in Poland, 1855 to 1914 (2006).

Reviews

"There are different ways to write a survey of Russian history, and most of them have been tried many times. Yet Simon Dixon, the editor of this excellent three-volume series, has invited his authors to do something new." (Slavonic and East European Review, 1 April 2012) "On the whole, there are many positives in this work. The thematic approach makes it clear that certain characteristics were present in both tsarist and Soviet times, and that significant continuities were evident within the political and social aspects of revolutionary Russia." (Revolutionary Russia, 2 December 2011) "Ted Weeks's book is an excellent and well-judged account of this crucial period. He presents the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in a way that will challenge students and make them think hard." (The Russian Review, 1 July 2011) "Recommended. Most levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 May 2011)