The Routledge Atlas of Russian History: From 800 BC to the Present Day

by Martin Gilbert

Revealing the extraordinary range of Russian history in 161 vivid and detailed maps, this atlas includes - War and Conflict, Politics, Business, Economics and Transport, and Society, Trade and Culture.

Genres: History, Russia, Nonfiction

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

The official biographer of Winston Churchill and a leading historian on the Twentieth Century, Sir Martin Gilbert was a scholar and an historian who, though his 88 books, has shown there is such a thing as “true history”

Born in London in 1936, Martin Gilbert was educated at Highgate School, and Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours. He was a Research Scholar at St Anthony's College, and became a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford in 1962, and an Honorary Fellow in 1994. After working as a researcher for Randolph Churchill, Gilbert was chosen to take over the writing of the Churchill biography upon Randolph's death in 1968, writing six of the eight volumes of biography and editing twelve volumes of documents. In addition, Gilbert has written pioneering and classic works on the First and Second World Wars, the Twentieth Century, the Holocaust, and Jewish history.
Gilbert drove every aspect of his books, from finding archives to corresponding with eyewitnesses and participants that gave his work veracity and meaning, to finding and choosing illustrations, drawing maps that mention each place in the text, and compiling the indexes. He travelled widely lecturing and researching, advised political figures and filmmakers, and gave a voice and a name “to those who fought and those who fell.”

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Reviews

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing. Each map found in the book is a tremendous teaching tool. The maps are divided into four sections: Early Modern Russia, Imperial Russia, The Soviet Union, and The End of the Soviet Union. Obviously the majority of maps concern Russia itself but it should be noted that many of the maps touch on European, Asian, or Global topics.

[Oğul · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are mistakes of ethnonyms, toponyms, dates; there is an Ivan the Terrible in the 1470s that shows up many times; Turkic and Muslim peoples of Russia are ignored… A waste of time and disappointment compared to its promising content and index.

[Bikerider99 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recommended for such a wide span of history, geography, people... useful for anyone studying European and Asian history.

[Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

This atlas goes beyond maps to provide political, economic, social, and cultural context. It is an ideal supplement for any Inner Eurasian history course.