Bartlett Roger. A History of Russia

Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. — xii, 321 p. — ISBN 978-0-333-63264-2.Russia is the largest country on the planet, a multi-ethnic empire, a great power of global significance. For much of its history it has been a 'peasant state', in which peasant society and values interacted critically with those of the ruling elites. In modern times its society has produced artists, writers, musicians, scientists and cosmonauts who have made a unique contribution to world culture. In the twentieth century, Russia has been the scene of the world's greatest social experiment - the most powerful challenge ever mounted to hegemonic Western values.The Origins to 1300: Kiev and Sarai
Kiev Rus
The Mongols: The «Tatar Yoke»
1300—1600: Moscow and Novgorod: the Emergence of Empire and Absolute Rule
The Principality of Moscow
Ivan IV
The Development of Serfdom and the End of the Dynasty
1600—1760: Moscow and St. Petersburg: The Genesis of the Imperial State
Crisis, Recovery, and Change
Petrine Russia
The «Peasant State»: The Peasantry and Serfdom
Peter’s successors, 1725—62: The age of Palace Revolutions
1760—1860: Russia and Europe: Apogee and Decline of the Autocratic State
The Servile-Absolute System: Domestic Consolidation and Decay
Russia and the Borders of the Europeans' World
The Peasant Question
1860—1917: Europe and Russia: Stabilisation and Collapse of the Autocratic State
From the «Great Reforms» to 1905
The Transmutation of the Countryside After 1861
Revolution from Below: 1905—17
The Flowering of Civil and Urban Society: 1861—1917
The Development of a Revolutionary Movement: 1861—1917
1917—1953: Russian Empire and Soviet Union: From Pariah to Superpower
«Building Socialism»
Party, Society, and Ideology: 1921—41
The Coming of the «Great Fatherland War»
Reconstruction, Cold War, and the Death of Stalin: 1945—1953
1953—1991: The Soviet Union as World Power: Retreat from Utopia
The Advance to «Developed Socialism»: 1953—85
International Relations of a Superpower
Regime and Society
Perestroika and the End of the USSR: 1985—91
The Russian Federation After 1991: Free Market and Democracy?
Identity, Democracy, and the Market
The Yeltsin Succession and the Putin Years