Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation (eBook)

2 Volumes

Robert A. Saunders (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | 2., Second Edition
900 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
9781538120484 (ISBN)

Infos

Straddling Europe and Asia, the Russian Federation is the largest country in the world and home to a panoply of religious and ethnic groups from the Muslim Tatars to the Buddhist Buryats. Over the past 40 years, Russia has experienced the most dramatic transformation of any modern state. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation provides insight into this rapidly developing country. This volume includes coverage of pivotal movements, events, and persons in the late Soviet Union (1985-1991) and contemporary Russia (1991-present),This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Russia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.9.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Historical Dictionaries of Europe
• Zusatzinfo: 9 Illustrations including: - 8 Maps; - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Boris Yeltsin • Commonwealth of Independent States • communism • Crimea • Culture • Dmitry Medvyedev • Economics • Eurasia • Mikhail Gorbachev • Politics • Russian Federation • Society • Tatarstan • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • Vladimir Putin
• ISBN-13: 9781538120484 / 9781538120484