Empire of the Periphery: Russia and the World System

by Boris Kagarlitsky

Leading writer Boris Kagarlitsky offers an ambitious account of 1000 years of Russian history. Encompassing all key periods in Russia's dramatic development, the book covers everything from early settlers, through medieval decline, Ivan the Terrible - the 'English Tsar', Peter the Great, the Crimean War and the rise of capitalism, the revolution, the Soviet period, finally ending with the return of capitalism after 1991. Setting Russia within the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074532682X
• ISBN13: 9780745326825
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"