Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-[613]) and index.
Map: The Russian Empire in 1900 -- Map: The Soviet Union, 1924-1936 -- Map: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe after 1945 -- Map: The Commonwealth of Independent States in 1997 -- Map: The Russian Federation in 1997 -- 1. And Russia? 1900-1914 -- 2. The Fall of the Romanovs 1914-1917 -- 3. Conflicts and Crises 1917 -- 4. The October Revolution 1917-1918 -- 5. New World, Old World -- 6. Civil Wars 1918-1921 -- 7. The New Economic Policy 1921-1928 -- 8. Leninism and its Discontents -- 9. The First Five-Year Plan 1928-1932 -- 10. Fortresses under Storm: Culture, Religion, Nation -- 11. Terror upon Terror 1934-1938 -- 12. Coping with Big Brothers -- 13. The Second World War 1939-1945 -- 14. Suffering and Struggle 1941-1945 -- 15. The Hammers of Peace 1945-1953 -- 16. The Despot and his Masks -- 17. 'De-Stalinization 1953-1961 -- 18. Hopes Unsettled 1961-1964 -- 19. Stabilization 1964-1970 -- 20. 'Developed Socialism' 1970-1982 -- 21. Privilege and Alienation -- 22. Towards Reform 1982-1985 -- 23. Glasnost and Perestroika 1986-1988 -- 24. Imploding Imperium 1989 -- 25. Hail and Farewell 1990-1991 -- 26. Power and the Market 1992-1993 -- 27. And Russia? 1994-1997 -- Afterword: Past and Prospects