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

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