Moss’s engaging historical account includes full treatment of politics, economics, foreign affairs and wars, and also of everyday life, women, legal developments, religion, literature, art and popular culture. Fully revised, including new text and illustrations

Books about A History of Russia: Since 1855

Moss has significantly revised his text and bibliography in this second edition to reflect new research findings and controversies on numerous subjects. He has also brought the history up to date by revising the post-Soviet material, which now covers events from the end of 1991 up to the present day.

This book covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the post-communist present. It examines all aspects of Russia's history--political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural. It also explore Russia's complex experience after communism and discuss its chances of becoming a more stable and prosperous country

This book explores the long-term reasons for the demise of Imperial Russia, examining the failure of the autocratic state to strengthen its own political position while economic change transformed Russian society. It seeks to explain its debilitating internal tensions and to link these to the pressures exerted by Russia's repeated