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<p>Notes on Contributors x</p> <p>1 Russian Historiography after the Fall 1<br /><i>Abbott Gleason</i></p> <p><b>Part I Rus′: The Early East Slavic World 15</b></p> <p>2 From “Proto-Slavs” to Proto-State 17<br /><i>P. M. Barford</i></p> <p>3 The First East Slavic State 34<br /><i>Janet Martin</i></p> <p>4 Rus′ and the Byzantine Empire 51<br /><i>George Majeska</i></p> <p>5 The Mongols and Rus′: Eight Paradigms 66<br /><i>Donald Ostrowski</i></p> <p><b>Part II To Muscovy and Beyond 87</b></p> <p>6 Muscovite Political Culture 89<br /><i>Nancy Shields Kollmann</i></p> <p>7 Slavery and Serfdom in Russia 105<br /><i>Richard Hellie</i></p> <p>8 Russian Art from the Middle Ages to Modernism 121<br /><i>Ilia A. Dorontchenkov<br /></i>(translated by Abbott Gleason)</p> <p>9 The Church Schism and Old Belief 145<br /><i>Nadieszda Kizenko</i></p> <p><b>Part III The Russian Empire 163</b></p> <p>10 Petrine Russia 165<br /><i>Lindsey Hughes</i></p> <p>11 The Westernization of the Elite, 1725–1800 180<br /><i>Gary Marker</i></p> <p>12 The “Great Reforms” of the 1860s 196<br /><i>Daniel Field</i></p> <p>13 Industrialization and Capitalism 210<br /><i>Thomas C. Owen</i></p> <p>14 The Question of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia 225<br /><i>Christopher Ely</i></p> <p>15 Russia: Minorities and Empire 243<br /><i>Robert Geraci</i></p> <p>16 The Intelligentsia and its Critics 261<br /><i>Gary Saul Morson</i></p> <p>17 Russian Modernism 279<br /><i>Andrew Wachtel</i></p> <p>18 Russia’s Popular Culture in History and Theory 295<br /><i>Louise McReynolds</i></p> <p>19 The Russian Experience of the First World War 311<br /><i>Melissa Stockdale</i></p> <p><b>Part IV The Soviet Union 335</b></p> <p>20 From the First World War to Civil War, 1914–1923 337<br /><i>Mark von Hagen</i></p> <p>21 The Woman Question in Russia: Contradictions and Ambivalence 353<br /><i>Elizabeth A. Wood</i></p> <p>22 Stalinism and the 1930s 368<br /><i>Lynne Viola</i></p> <p>23 The Soviet Union in the Second World War 386<br /><i>Nikita Lomagin<br /></i>(translated by Melissa Stockdale and Abbott Gleason)</p> <p>24 The Cold War 414<br /><i>David C. Engerman</i></p> <p>25 Old Thinking and New: Khrushchev and Gorbachev 429<br /><i>Robert English</i></p> <p>26 The End of the Soviet Union 451<br /><i>Robert V. Daniels</i></p> <p><b>Part V Whither Russia? 471</b></p> <p>27 Russia’s Post-Soviet Upheaval 473<br /><i>Bruce Parrott</i></p> <p>28 Russian History and the Future of Russia 490<br /><i>William E. Odom</i></p> <p>Index 505</p>

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<p><b>Abbott Gleason</b> is Keeney Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University, where he has served as Chairman of the History Department and Director of the Watson Institute from 2000-2001. In 1995 he served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. In 1980-1982 he was Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC and was subsequently chosen Chairman of its Board Advisers.

<p><b>A COMPANION TO RUSSIAN HISTORY</b> <p>"As a companion for a journey Russian history, this book is entertaining, clever and varied, brilliant at its best, and able to speak simultaneously and with authority to all kinds of students, general readers, and specialists."<br> <i>Slavonic and East European Review</i> <p>"<i>A Companion to Russian History</i> will be of enormous value to those who teach survey courses in Russian history, to graduate students preparing for comprehensive exams in Russian history, or simply anyone who wants to get current with trends in the field."<br> <i>The Russian Review</i> <p>Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, substantial changes have transformed the way historians have interpreted Russia's past. This <i>Companion</i> provides an overview of Russian history, from the earliest appearance of the Slavs in history to the present day. It features 28 provocative essays written by both prominent and emerging international scholars covering major problems in Russia's history. <p>The book is structured chronologically, yet reflects the weight of interest in Russia's recent history by giving its greatest coverage to the twentieth century. It offers a balanced review of both traditional and cutting-edge topics, demonstrating the range and dynamism of the field.

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