RUSSIA SINCE 1801 the Making of a New Society

by Edward C. Thaden

Preface
Introduction
Russia in the First Part of the 19th Century
The Reform & Dilemma of Autocracy 1955-1891
On the Brink of Catastrophe 1891-1914
Seven Years of War, Revolution & Civil Disorder 1914-21
The Twenties: A Period of Transition
The Forging of a New Society
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index

696 pages, Hardcover

First published June 9, 1971

Reviews

[Erik Graff · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book reads like a text written for college students of Russian history. It's good enough, academically speaking, for such a purpose, but the writer's style is, like my own, rather plodding and his approach quite mainstream--which is to say conventional.