Power and privilege
the Russian empire, the Soviet Union and the challenge of modernity
by David Christian
Medieval and early modern times - The early nineteenth century, the peasantry, taxation and the redistribution of wealth - Great reforms and the rise of a revolutionary movement - 1905 Revolution - Economic and social change in early twentieth century - The February Revolution - Civil war and the origins of a new social order - New Economic Policy - Collectivisation and industrialisation - Joseph Stalin - The Great Patriotic War - Impact of war - The Cold War - Reforming the Stalinist system - CHange from 1964 to 1982 - Perestroika and the end of the Soviet experiment - Reasons for failure.
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History, Emperor of Russia Peter I, Russia - History - 1894-1917, Soviet Union - History - 1917-1921, Revolution, Agriculture - Russia, Soviet Union - History, Feudalism, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Capitalism, Communism - Russia, Communism - Soviet Union, Russia - Politics and government, Soviet Union - Politics and government, World War, 1914-1918 - Russia, Russia - Economic conditions, Russia - History, Soviet Union - Economic conditions, Soviet Union - Economic policy, Czar of Russia Ivan IV, Nikita Khrushchev, Vladmir Ilyich Lenin, Karl Marx, Communism, SocialismPlaces
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Power and privilege: the Russian empire, the Soviet Union and the challenge of modernity
1994, Longman Cheshire
in English
- 2nd ed.
0582801141 9780582801141
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For senior secondary school students.
Previous edition: Melbourne : Pitman, 1986.
CIP confirmed.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-395) and index.
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