A History of Russia, Nicholas V. Riasanovsky
A History of Russia, Nicholas V. Riasanovsky
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A History of Russia
9th Edition

Author: Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Mark D. Steinberg

Narrator: Rich Miller

Unabridged: 33 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/24/2024

Synopsis

Now extensively revised in this ninth edition, A History of Russia covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the post-communist present. Keeping with the hallmark of the text, Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russia's history—political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural—with a commitment to objectivity, fairness, and balance, and to reflecting recent research and new trends in scholarly interpretation. In the ninth edition, this includes expanded attention to the experiences of ordinary men and women and to imperial expansion and diversity. Extensively revised and with a more streamlined organization, A History of Russia, Ninth Edition, includes recent developments in Ukraine and Russia's near abroad in the Putin era.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roy on March 22, 2022

In light of the current war in Ukraine, I decided I ought to learn something more about Russian history. These lectures are a good place to start. While Steinberg is not exactly an eloquent speaker, and often seems to stumble over his own words, he is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about......more

Goodreads review by William on February 01, 2024

This 36 lecture course on the history of Russia covers the period from Peter the Great to the time of the fall of communism under Gorbachev. However, most of the lectures are focused on the time period from about 1830-1917, I got the idea that Professor Steinberg is most interested in the causes of......more

Goodreads review by William on April 08, 2016

Since I know a very little about Russian history, I can't say that I didn't learn some things. However, the lecturer really let me down in several ways: - he was flippant, and he made light of some pretty horrible things. - he flaunted his academic pedigree and that of his colleagues and his person,......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 15, 2019

Very good overview. Mind, it is an OVERVIEW. If you want to go really in-depth with a lot of this stuff, you'll need to read other books and do more research, but it's comprehensive and really well done. Great lecture series. Highly recommend. Lots of jumping-off points for plenty of rabbit holes.......more

Goodreads review by Jared on October 30, 2022

Truly insightful! I have never understood so many details about the Russian Revolution but the post-WWII chapters were increasingly lackluster. Almost as if the author’s lectures about those years were truncated in allotted time. Peter the Great and Catherine the Great and the entire Romanov dynasty......more

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