History of Russia and Its Empire

This concise text provides an introduction to Russian and Soviet history from the crowning of Mikhail Romanov in 1613 to Putin's current term. Through a clear chronological narrative, Boterbloem traces the political, military, economic, social, religious, and cultural developments that led Russia from an exotic backwater to superpower stature.

Kees Boterbloem is professor of history at the University of South Florida.

Chapter 1: Phoenix: The Rise of Russia in the Seventeenth Century, 1613-1689 Chapter 2: Great Power, 1689-1796 Chapter 3: The Height and Decline of Imperial Russia, 1789-1855 Chapter 4: Domestic Convulsions, 1855-1905 Chapter 5: Fatal Foreign Entanglements and a Failed Revolution, 1877-1914 Chapter 6: Forging Soviet Civilization, 1914-1924 Chapter 7: The Inevitable Triumph of Stalinism? 1924-1941 Chapter 8: The Great Patriotic War and the Cold War, 1941-1953 Chapter 9: Embattled Leader of the "Second World," 1953-1982 Chapter 10: The Fall of the Soviet Union and Beyond, 1982-2018 Chronology Index