Russia in World History

by Barbara Alpern Engel and Janet Martin

Book Overview

Over the course of twelve centuries, Russia's peoples overcame the constant challenges posed by geography, climate, availability of natural resources, and devastating foreign invasions to become the world's second largest land empire and the largest in modern history. This energetic introduction to Russia's history follows the development of local tribes into a federation of principalities centered at Kiev, the shift of power to Moscow and the centralization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199947899
• ISBN13: 9780199947898
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"