Russia : A Concise History
By Ronald Hingley.
Description
Tremendous changes in Russia have enhanced the special fascination which this powerful, enigmatic country has so long held for the world at large. Russia's history, from her beginnings as a pagan Slav community centered on Kiev to superpower status, has its own unique rhythm. Appalling calamities have shaped Russia: the Time of Troubles; the Napoleonic invasion; two world wars separated by a great civil war; a multitude of famines and epidemics. Not least among these scourges have been leaders such as Ivan the Terrible and Joseph Stalin. In this revised and updated edition, Ronald Hing...
ISBN(s)
0500276277, 9780500276273
