History of Russia, Volume I: To 1917
'Manages to embrace a wide range of topics while at the same time remaining accessible and interesting&#8230;Balances humorous anecdotes with provocative concepts, and discusses historiography in a clearer and more contemporary fashion than that found in Riasanovsky's 'A History of Russia', now in its sixth edition and looking a bit musty by comparison...There is little to fault with this volume.' &#8212;Andrew Gentes, Lecturer in Russian and European History, University of Queensland, in 'Australian Slavonic and East European Studies''An expertly presented and thoroughly informative narration recommended for a scholar's Russian history reference shelf, as well as accessibly informative reading for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in the historical development of Russia.' &#8212;'Midwest Book Review'--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.