A Short History of Russia


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(4.6 étoiles; 33 critiques)

A Short History of Russia by Lucy Cazalet is a helpful introduction to the people, places, and events that shaped Russia, the largest country in the world. While covering the bullet points of Russian history, the author expands to greater detail when talking about the people whose ideas and victories became the backbone of Russian culture and politics. The timeline of this book is the 9th century A.D. to 1906, when the country's first State Parliament (Duma or Дума) opened, but before the last Romanov Tsar, Nicholas II, was executed, and Revolution swept the entire country. (summary by VioletBleu) (2 hr 9 min)

Chapitres

The Slavs 3:23 Lu par VioletBleu
The Origin of Russia 6:08 Lu par VioletBleu
Vladimir and His Successors 7:32 Lu par VioletBleu
The Rise of the Princedom of Suzdal and of Novgorod the Great 7:25 Lu par VioletBleu
The Tartar Invasion 3:50 Lu par VioletBleu
Alexander Nevski, Daniel of Galich, and the Rise of Moscow 5:13 Lu par VioletBleu
Dmitri Donskoi 3:17 Lu par VioletBleu
The Downfall of Novgorod and the End of the Tartar Supremacy 4:39 Lu par VioletBleu
Vasili III, 1505-33; Ivan IV, 1533-84 9:49 Lu par VioletBleu
Feodor Ivanovich, 1584-98 3:44 Lu par VioletBleu
Boris Godunov, 1598-1605; The False Dmitri, 1605-6 5:51 Lu par VioletBleu
Vasili Shuiski, 1606-10 5:47 Lu par VioletBleu
The First Romanov: Michael Feodorovich, 1612-45 4:52 Lu par VioletBleu
Alexei Mikhailovich, 1645-76 5:14 Lu par VioletBleu
Feodor Alexeyevich, 1676-82; Ivan V, 1682-96; Peter I, the Great,1682-1725 11:43 Lu par VioletBleu
Catherine I, 1725-7; Peter II, 1727-1730; Anne, 1730-40 3:37 Lu par VioletBleu
Ivan VI, 1740-1; Elizabeth, 1741-61; Peter III, 1761-2 3:23 Lu par VioletBleu
Catherine II, 1762-96 7:44 Lu par VioletBleu
Paul I, 1796-1801 2:48 Lu par VioletBleu
Alexander I, 1801-25 6:32 Lu par VioletBleu
Nicholas I, 1825-55 6:16 Lu par VioletBleu
Alexander II, 1855-81 7:17 Lu par VioletBleu
Alexander III, 1881-1894; Nicolas II, 1894- 2:56 Lu par VioletBleu

Critiques


(5 étoiles)

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book and found it very interesting. The reader was quite good.