A Traveller's History of Russia (Revised & Updated)Paperback - Revised & Updated, 1 October 2011

This book provides a comprehensive survey of Russia's tragic and glorious history: prehistoric Russia's nomadic invaders; the rise of Muscovy with its colorful panopoly of rulers from Ivan Moneybags to Ivan the Terrible; the despotism of the Romanovs; the Russian Revolution and the rise and fall of the Soviet state; all the way to the present.