The course of Russian history

by Wren, Melvin C

New York · Macmillan · 1968

The land and its early inhabitants -- Kievan Russia -- Kievan society -- Novgorod and the rise of Moscow -- the birth of modern Russia -- Ivan IV and the time of troubles -- The first Romanovs -- Peter the Great -- Age of favorites -- A royal enigma -- A royal gendarme -- Reform and reaction -- The last Romanovs -- The collapse of autocracy -- Troublous times -- The nature of the Soviet state -- The Soviet economy -- Social and cultural trends -- Foreign relations to 1941 -- World War and Cold War -- Russia since Stalin.