MODERN RUSSIA: TSARS, BOMBS, AND COMMUNISTS

Covers the period of Romanov rule from 1613–1917; deals with the establishment of autocracy in Russia and Russia’s movement toward westernization and industrialization. The reform of Peter the Great, the Enlightenment of Catherine the Great, the reaction of Nicholas I, the liberalism of Alexander II, and the demise of Nicholas II are discussed, along with Russian foreign policy.