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Events that changed Russia since 1855 by Frank W Thackeray
"Thackeray pairs his own contextual introductions with contributed interpretive essays profiling "the 10 most important events or developments that have shaped Russian history" since the accession of Alexander II to the imperial throne. The events profiled are the great reforms of Alexander II, the rise of the radical intelligentsia, industrialization, the Revolution of 1905, the First World War, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, the Stalin Era, World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Each essay is accompanied by a selective bibliography." - Reference & Research Book News
"Thackeray pairs his own contextual introductions with contributed interpretive essays profiling "the 10 most important events or developments that have shaped Russian history" since the accession of Alexander II to the imperial throne. The events profiled are the great reforms of Alexander II, the rise of the radical intelligentsia, industrialization, the Revolution of 1905, the First World War, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, the Stalin Era, World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Each essay is accompanied by a selective bibliography." - Reference & Research Book News