European History

The years of late Stalinism are one of the murkiest periods in Soviet history, best known to us through the voices of Ehrenburg, Khrushchev and Solzhenitsyn. This history of Russia from the end of the war to the Thaw is by a respected young historian, who draws upon newly-opened archives...

From a renowned name in A Level history publishing, this Questions and Analysis title looks at the many different aspects of Russian History across the period 1855–1991, including the ideologies of Tsarist autocracy and Soviet communism, parties and opposition to these regimes, the use of repression..

This volume introduces readers to an age-old question that has perplexed both Russians and Westerners: is Russia the eastern flank of Europe or the heartland of another civilization? In exploring this, the authors present a survey of cultural, religious, political and economic developments...

Russia at the Barricades: Eyewitness Accounts of the August 1991 Coup..

Hans Rogger's study of Russia under the last two Tsars takes as its starting point what the Russians themselves saw as the central issue confronting their nation: the relationship between state and society, and its effects on politics, economics and class in these critical years...

Hans Rogger's study of Russia under the last two Tsars takes as its starting point what the Russians themselves saw as the central issue confronting their nation: the relationship between state and society, and its effects on politics, economics and class in these critical years...

This eagerly awaited study of Russia under Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II - the Russia of War and Peace and Anna Karenina - brings the series near to completion. David Saunders examines Russia's failure to adapt to the era of reform and democracy ushered into the rest of Europe by the Fren..

This eagerly awaited study of Russia under Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II - the Russia of War and Peace and Anna Karenina - brings the series near to completion. David Saunders examines Russia's failure to adapt to the era of reform and democracy ushered into the rest of Europe by the Fren..

This covers the history of Russia from the defeat of Napoleon to the eve of World War I. It is the first such work by a post-Soviet Russian scholar to appear in English. It examines the decay of the two central institutions of tsarist Russia: serfdom and autocracy; the major social groups and how th..

This covers the history of Russia from the defeat of Napoleon to the eve of World War I. It is the first such work by a post-Soviet Russian scholar to appear in English. It examines the decay of the two central institutions of tsarist Russia: serfdom and autocracy; the major social groups and how th..

The history of Russia, as the natural successor to the Soviet Union, is of crucial importance to understanding why communism ultimately lost out to Western democracy and the free market system.  David Marples presents a balanced overview of 20th century Russian history and shows that although contem..

This exploration of the international environment examines not only traditional political-military concerns but also economic, ethnic, and environmental issues and the role of crime, terrorism, the drug trade, and migration in the security environment of Russia and its neighbours to the south...