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Endurance and endeavour : Russian history, 1812-2001 / created by J. N. Westwood.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: (The short Oxford history of the modern world)Oxford University Press, 2002Edition: Fifth EditionDescription: xii, 638 pages : 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • rdamedia
Carrier type:
  • rdacarrier
ISBN:
  • 0199246173 (alk. paper)
  • 9780199246175
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DK189 WES
Contents:
1. Eighteen Twelve and After ; 2. Zeal Overcomes All ; 3. The Tsar Emancipator ; 4. Reformers and Revolutionaries ; 5. Alexander III ; 6. Russia in Asia ; 7. 1905 ; 8. Russia in 1914 ; 9. The Empire's Last War ; 10. 1917 ; 11. The Civil War ; 12. Disputes and Decisions ; 13. Stalinism in Action ; 14. The Great Patriotic War ; 15. Consolidation and Ossification ; 16. The Krushchev Revival ; 17. Decrepitude ; 18. Transformation ; 19. Shocks and Therapies ; Annotated Bibliography ; Maps ; Tables ; Index
Summary: For this fifth edition of Endurance and Endeavour J. N. Westwood has completely revised the text and bibliography to incorporate recent research and findings from formerly closed archives, and has added a new chapter covering the Yeltsin years.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Archive Archive Zvishavane Archives Zvishavane Archives DK189 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 110651 Not for loan BK81206
Archive Archive Zvishavane Archives Zvishavane Archives DK189 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 110650 Not for loan BK81200
Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf DK189 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 110652 Available BK81159

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Eighteen Twelve and After ; 2. Zeal Overcomes All ; 3. The Tsar Emancipator ; 4. Reformers and Revolutionaries ; 5. Alexander III ; 6. Russia in Asia ; 7. 1905 ; 8. Russia in 1914 ; 9. The Empire's Last War ; 10. 1917 ; 11. The Civil War ; 12. Disputes and Decisions ; 13. Stalinism in Action ; 14. The Great Patriotic War ; 15. Consolidation and Ossification ; 16. The Krushchev Revival ; 17. Decrepitude ; 18. Transformation ; 19. Shocks and Therapies ; Annotated Bibliography ; Maps ; Tables ; Index

For this fifth edition of Endurance and Endeavour J. N. Westwood has completely revised the text and bibliography to incorporate recent research and findings from formerly closed archives, and has added a new chapter covering the Yeltsin years.

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