Marples, David R. <br/><br/>
Motherland :  Russia in the Twentieth Century. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (388 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Maps -- Chapter 1 From Tsarism to Revolution, 1896-1917 -- Chapter 2 The October Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Chapter 3 The Period of Hope - NEP and Revival, 1921-1928 -- Chapter 4 The Period of Change: Collectivization, Industrialization, and the Great Purge, 1929-1940 -- Chapter 5 Soviet Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period, 1919-1940 -- Chapter 6 The Great Patriotic War and Aftermath, 1941-1953 -- Chapter 7 Internal Politics under Khrushchev, 1953-1964 -- Chapter 8 Foreign Policy during the early Cold War, 1945-1963 -- Chapter 9 The Brezhnev Regime and Aftermath, 1964-1984 -- Chapter 10 The Gorbachev Regime, 1985-1991 -- Chapter 11 Epilogue, 1992-1999 -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> David Marples looks back at the Soviet century and examines the relationship between the Communist state and the Russian national idea. He concludes that ultimately, it was the ideal of the motherland that brought about the end of communism in Russia. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781317873860 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Russia - History - 20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DK266 .M384 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>947.084