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Hello /lit/- are there any good history books on Russia from Peter the Great until, and including, the USSR? thx:)

>> No.22139208

>>22139192
Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie was pretty good.

>> No.22139215

Riasanovsky is classic divided into chapters so you could just read the parts you need

>> No.22139234

>>22139192
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51872145-late-stalinism
Evgeny Dobrenko - Late Stalinism: The Aesthetics of Politics

>> No.22139390

>>22139192
The Memoirs of Count Witte is an interesting read. Not a history book, though. It's the autobiography of an influential minister of the Late Russian Empire.

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>> No.22139594

>>22139192
solzheinitzin(?) 200 years together uncensored version

>> No.22139766

>>22139192
The Russian Revolution - Sheila Fitzpatrick

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Always With Honor - the memoirs of Pyotr Wrangel, the leader of the White Russians after Denikin gave up. Spans from the Great War, before the revolution, through to after Wrangel's forces left Crimea and became exiles. Worth a read.

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Nixon wrote extensively, often covering similar points, but at different moments in time, about the USSR. Any of his books are worth a read for a glimpse into the cold war mentality and US-USSR dynamic. Beyond Peace was written during Yeltsin's early tenure, with some interesting commentary on the collapse of the USSR and the rise of Russian nationalism

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Goes into detail on Gorbachev's ill-fated reforms, but also sheds light on lesser known leaders, particularly Yuri Andropov.

>> No.22140442

>>22139192
For the last fucking time: You CANNOT learn history from books.