List of Maps * List of Tables * List of Illustrations * Preface * Acknowledgments * Note on Transliteration, Names and Dates * Introduction: The Geographical Setting * The Origins to 1600: Kiev and Sarai * 1300-1600: Moscow and Novgorod: The Emergence of Empire and Autocratic Rule * 1600-1760: Moscow and St Petersburg: Muscovy and the Petrine Empire * 1760-1860: Russia and Europe: Apogee and Decline of the Autocratic State * 1860-1917: Europe and Russia: Stabilisation and Collapse of the Autocratic State * 1917-53: Russian Empire and Soviet Union: From Pariah to Superpower * 1953-91: The Soviet Union as World Power: Retreat from Utopia * 1991-the Present: The Russian Federation and CIS: Democracy and Free Market? * Notes * Further Reading * Index List of Maps * List of Tables * List of Illustrations * Preface * Acknowledgments * Note on Transliteration, Names and Dates * Introduction: The Geographical Setting * The Origins to 1600: Kiev and Sarai * 1300-1600: Moscow and Novgorod: The Emergence of Empire and Autocratic Rule * 1600-1760: Moscow and St Petersburg: Muscovy and the Petrine Empire * 1760-1860: Russia and Europe: Apogee and Decline of the Autocratic State * 1860-1917: Europe and Russia: Stabilisation and Collapse of the Autocratic State * 1917-53: Russian Empire and Soviet Union: From Pariah to Superpower * 1953-91: The Soviet Union as World Power: Retreat from Utopia * 1991-the Present: The Russian Federation and CIS: Democracy and Free Market? * Notes * Further Reading * Index.
A History of Russia