TY - BOOK AU - HOSKING Geoffrey A. TI - Russian history: a very short introduction SN - 9780199580989 (pbk.) : PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford ; New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - RUSSIA KW - HISTORY KW - SOVIET UNION KW - RUSSIAN FEDERATION N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index N2 - In this Very Short Introduction Geoffrey Hosking, a leading international authority, illuminates the most important aspects of Russian history, from the struggle by the state to control society to its transformation into a multi-ethnic empire, Russia's relations with the West, and the post-Soviet era ER -