The History of Russia: The Twentieth-Century

by A.A. Danilov (Editor), V.E. Hammond (Editor)

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402 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1996

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[Tyler Brannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

A political history of the Soviet Union written five years after its collapse by Russian academics. This translation is represented as the first modern history of Russia written by Russians available in English.

Short chapters discuss chronological developments among top political actors from Kerensky to Yeltsin. At a mere 400 (large print) pages, each chapter races through the material. The Chernobyl disaster and Sputnik each rate one sentence.

I read this as a curiosity left in a box after a relative’s visit to Russian in the late 1990s. I would only recommend the book to those desiring to absorb the perspectives of Russian historians from that freer time.