Across the Revolutionary Divide by Theodore R. Weeks - 9781405169615

Across the Revolutionary DivideRussia and the USSR, 1861-1945\nAuthor(s): Theodore R. Weeks\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405169615, 978-1405169615\nSynopsis\nAcross the Revolutionary Divide: Russia and the USSR [tel] offers a broad interpretive account of Russian history from the emancipation of the serfs to the end of World War II. \n\nProvides a coherent overview of Russia's development from 1861 through to 1945\nReflects the latest scholarship by taking a thematic approach to Russian history and bridging the revolutionary divide of 1917\nCovers political, economic, cultural, and everyday life issues during a period of major changes in Russian history\nAddresses throughout the diversity of national groups, cultures, and religions in the Russian Empire and USSR\nShows how the radical policies adopted after 1917 both changed Russia and perpetuated an economic and political rigidity that continues to infly