
The Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism: A History of 20th-Century Russia
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Narrated by:
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Gary Hamburg
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From the Oval Office to the streets of Moscow, world leaders and ordinary citizens alike share interest and concerns about Russia. Can democracy survive there? What does the future hold for the once expansive and still powerful Russian nation? Is Soviet Communism truly dead?
These are the kinds of questions diplomats struggle with every day. And now, through this series of 16 incisive lectures by an acclaimed scholar of Russian history, you can begin investigating them for yourself as you take a probing historical journey through the recent history and near future of a key world power. Whether your chief interest is Russian or world history, political theory, or international relations, you'll take away fresh knowledge and insight as Professor Hamburg examines the improbable origins of Communist rule in Russia, the ascent of the Red Star to its zenith, and its decline and apparent end in the wake of 1989's events.
Using new material from previously sealed Soviet archives and covering recent controversial findings by both Russian and Western scholars, he begins with the failures of the czarist regime and the horrors of the First World War, then takes you through the bloody era of Josef Stalin's purges and beyond to Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika to offer you a thoroughgoing analysis of the Soviet experiment.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©1996 The Teaching Company, LLC (P)1996 The Great CoursesFascinating
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Good lectures
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Political history in easily understood terms
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What did you like most about The Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism: A History of 20th-Century Russia?
The saturation of useful information for either Degree qualifications, A-level and GCSE.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The abdication of the Tsar in March 1917.Which character – as performed by Professor Gary Hamburg – was your favourite?
...Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It's educational.Any additional comments?
May be a bit to much information for a GCSE student or even an A-level student which I am. I find some parts irrelevant for me or in other words an A-level student. Some of the grammar used may be a bit confusing for anyone under the age of 18 trying to gather knowledge of Russia from 1900-1991.Packed full of relevant and useful information
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More Rise than fall
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Rich with insight and wisdom
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Really very good
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excellent overview of Russian history
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Good, but showing its age
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Because the lectures were rushing through everything, very little deep insight is given, it is only a quick summary.
Good, but a bit too short / Too much time spent on the revolution
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