A History of the Urals: Russia's Crucible from Early Empire to the Post-Soviet EraBloomsbury Publishing, 26.02.2015 - 272 Seiten The Urals are best known as the boundary between Europe and Asia. A History of the Urals demonstrates the region's importance in its own right, as a crucible of Russia's defence industry in particular. In the first English-language book to explore the subject fully, Paul Dukes examines the region's contribution to the power of the state in tsarist, Soviet and post-Soviet times, offering a refreshing antidote to Moscow-centric interpretations of Russian history. The book contextualises more recent periods with chapters on the earlier years of the Urals and covers the key environmental as well as economic, political and cultural themes. The book contains illustrations and maps, plus lists of books and websites, as aids to further research and understanding of the subject. A History of the Urals is an important book that provides new and valuable insights for all students of Russian history. |
Inhalt
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2 Tsarist Modernization 17251825 | 29 |
3 Reaction and Reform 18251894 | 53 |
4 From Tsarist to Soviet Russia 18941921 | 77 |
5 Soviet Modernization and the Great Patriotic War 19211945 | 115 |
6 Reconstruction and the Cold War 19451964 | 141 |
7 Stagnation and Collapse 19641991 | 161 |
Conclusion | 183 |
Afterword | 202 |
Notes | 205 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
administration agriculture Alexander army Asia Bashkirs became beginning Bolsheviks Boris Yeltsin Catherine cent centre Cheliabinsk church Civil Communist Party considerable construction continued Cossacks culture decree Demidov district economic eighteenth century Ekaterinburg elections emphasis enterprises especially Europe example Gorbachev half important increased industrial inhabitants institutions involved Irbit iron Kazan Kungur Kurgan labour land leader Lenin Lesnoi living London Magnitogorsk metal Mikhail million mines Moscow mountains Murchison Nicholas nineteenth century Nizhnii Tagil official Old Believers onwards Orenburg Orenburg province organizations peasants Perm Perm province Peter political population President production Pugachev Putin railway reform Revolution River roubles Russian Empire schools secret cities Siberia significant social socialist society Solikamsk soon Soviet Union St Petersburg Stalin Stroganovs Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk province Tatars Tatishchev throughout Tiumen Tobol’sk towns trade tsar tsarist Udmurt Ural region Verkhotur’e Viatka Volga whole workers zemstvo