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Parliaments in the Late Russian Empire, Revolutionary Russia, and the Soviet Union
This book examines the meanings that were attached to the terms “parliament” and “parliamentarism” in the different historical and discursive contexts of the late Russian Empire, …
The Military History of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great until Nicholas II
This book examines the rise and the fall of the Russian Empire through the lens of its military history. While much of the literature on this history tends to focus on epochs, The …
Land Ownership in Russia
The keystone of political and economic reform in both tsarist and Post-Soviet Russia has been the transferral to private ownership of property previously held by either the state …
Remembering the Soviet Past in Putin's Russia
Many scholars argue that a key feature of Putin’s Russia is the re-legitimization of the Soviet past, especially the glorification of successes including the victory in the Second …
Gazprom and the Russian State
Gazprom, one of Europe’s most important energy companies, and the sole exporter of Russian gas to Europe, is often viewed simply as an agent of the Russian state, being used by the …
The Russian Oil and Gas Industry
Russia is the world’s largest producer of both oil and gas, with very significant reserves. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the exploitation of oil and gas has taken place …
Russian Pogroms and Jewish Revolution, 1905
This book, based on extensive original research, examines the widespread and violent pogroms against Jews which took place in the Russian Empire in 1905. It briefly surveys the …
The First Russian Radical
When this was originally published in 1959 it was the first full-length biography of Alexander Radishchev published outside Russia and was based on hitherto unpublished material, …
Conservatism and Memory Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe
This book discusses the diverse practices and discourses of memory politics in Russia and Eastern Europe. It argues that currently prevailing conservativism has a long tradition, …
Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917
Over the course of the nineteenth century Siberia developed a fearsome reputation as a place of exile, often imagined as a vast penal colony and seen as a symbol of the iniquities …