A History of Russia

Now completely revised in this seventh edition A History of Russia covers the entire span of the countrys history from ancient times to the postcommunist present. Featuring a new coauthor Mark Steinberg this edition offers extensively updated material based on the most current research including documents from recently opened archives. Keeping with the hallmark of the text Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russias history--political international military economic social and cultural--with a commitment to objectivity fairness and balance. This seventh edition contains a wealth of new images and a fully revised bibliography and reading list. Two new chapters on politics society and culture since 1991 explore Russias complex experience after communism and discuss its chances of becoming a more stable and prosperous country in the future. Widely acclaimed as the best one-volume history available A History of Russia is being offered in paperback for the first time. In addition to the one-volume version it is now also available in two separate volumes--Volume I covers early Russia through the nineteenth century and Volume II ranges from 1855 to the present. Volume II also features an additional introductory chapter that links Russias modern history to the events that preceded it.