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In Russia in the Making (originally published in 1957), John Lawrence presents the long and complicated history of Russia as a living and intelligible whole from the very beginning. Based on a wide knowledge of Russian history and a considerable experience of Soviet ways, his book provides an admirable starting point for wider reading. The author gives a clear outline which demonstrates how authoritarianism is in the tradition of Russian history. Full value is given to the immense changes brought about by the revolution, and the book ends with an analysis of the changes in social structure that forced Stalin's work into another mould.
This book demands no previous knowledge of its subject. The author has used his knowledge of Soviet ways to produce from a complicated and confusing record a most readable and easily digestible narrative.
Contents
Part 1: Forest and Steppe 1. In the Beginning 2. The Age of Kiev 3. The Resurgence of the Steppe 4. Roots of the Polish Problem 5. The Cities of the West Comparative Dates Part 2: The Age of Moscow 6. The Rise of Moscow 7. The First Age of Moscow 8. Ivan the Terrible 9. The Time of Troubles 10. The Last Age of Muscovy 11. The Two Nations Comparative Dates Part 3: The Age of St. Petersburg 12. Peter the Great and the Foundations of Modern Russia 13. The Eighteenth Century 14. Foundations of the Nineteenth Century 15. Shades of the Prison House 16. The Beginning of Modern Russia 17. The First Age of Industrialism 18. The Foundations Crack Comparative Dates Part 4: The Soviet Age 19. The Time of the Breaking of Nations 20. A New Time of Troubles 21. A Breathing Space 22. Stalin's Revolution 23. War and the Cold War 24. Russia on the Move Comparative Dates
