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Encyclopedia of Russian history

By James R. Millar

Book information

Publisher
Macmillan Reference USA
Year
2004
ISBN
9780028656939, 0-02-865693-8, 0028656946, 0028656954, 0028656962, 0028656970, 0028659074
LCC
DK14 .E53 2004
Open Library ID
OL3676523M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9089486 bytes)
Volume
Volume 3
Pages
465\465
Topic
Geography Russia
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Focusing on Russia's history from the time of the Tsars to the present (though a few articles go back earlier), this encyclopedia features 1,500 articles on people, politics, customs, languages, economies, wars, religions, art and literature, science, and geography of Russia and the former Soviet republics. Entries include biographies of famous writers such as Boris Pasternak and Alexander Pushkin, artists such as Vassily Kandinsky and Peter Carl Faberge, and politicians and rulers such as Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev and Catherine the Great. Other topics include Russian relations with individual countries (e.g., Afghanistan, Denmark); economics and trade, including capitalism in Russia, foreign debt, and taxes; major battles and wars such as the Crimean War, the invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Battle of Leipzig, and World Wars I and II; and arts and science and technology. Each volume includes an 8-page color insert.

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