The Soviet Colossus

The Soviet Colossus revisits turning points in Russia's modern history from the fall of the tsarist regime to modern day, covering such topics as the Revolutions and rise of Bolshevism, and the policies of key political figures including Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev Vladimir Putin.

Preface to the Eighth Edition Acknowledgements Part 1 The Fundamentals of Russian History 1. Prologue 2. The Autocratic State 3. The Nineteenth-Century Crisis 4. The People 5. The Intelligentsia: Strangers in a Strange Land Part 2 The End of the Old Order 6. Capitalism Comes to Russia 7. The Revolutionaries Regroup 8. The Final Years and Last Stand Part 3 Lenin's Russia 9. 1917: Russia's Two Revolutions 10. Into the Fire: The Civil War 11. New Policies and New Problems Part 4 Steeling the Revolution 12. Bolshevism Without Lenin 13. The Revolution From Above 14. Trial by Fire: The Great Patriotic War 15. Conservative Stalinism Part 5 The Socialist Superpower 16. Khrushchev: Reforming the Revolution 17. The Brezhnev Era: The Graying of the Revolution 18. Gorbachev: From Restructuring to Deconstruction Part 6 The Russian Federation 19. The Russian Devolution 20. Russia in the Twenty-First Century Chronology Selected Readings