{"product_id":"russia-a-concise-history-9780500276273","title":"Russia : A Concise History","description":"\u003cp\u003eTremendous changes in Russia have enhanced the special fascination which this powerful  enigmatic country has so long held for the world at large. Russias 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 Hingley considers the recent astonishing developments: the first steps towards liberalization  the collapse of communist rule throughout Russias former satellite states  and above all the demise of Soviet communism and the disintegration of the USSR.  Russias present can be better comprehended as the latest chapter in a long and enthralling history; a historyevoked here with the aid of over 200 illustrationswhich is now being energetically reassessed by the Russians themselves. 205 black-and-white illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647563391029,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500276277","price":22.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500276273.jpg?v=1781693007","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/russia-a-concise-history-9780500276273","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}