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pt. I. Introduction. I.A Geographical Note. II. Russia Before the Russians -- pt. II. Kievan Russia. III. The Establishment of the Kievan State. IV. Kievan Russia: A Political Outline. V. Kievan Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions. VI. Kievan Russia: Religion and Culture -- pt. III. Appanage Russia. VII. Appanage Russia: Introduction. VIII. The Mongols and Russia. IX. Lord Novgorod the Great. X. The Southwest and the Northeast. XI. The Rise of Moscow. XII. Appanage Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions. XIII. Appanage Russia: Religion and Culture. XIV. The Lithuanian-Russian State -- pt. IV. Muscovite Russia. XV. The Reigns of Ivan the Terrible, 1533-84, and of Theodore, 1584-98. XVI. The Time of Troubles, 1598-1613. XVII. The Reigns of Michael, 1613-45, Alexis, 1645-76, and Theodore, 1676-82. XVIII. Muscovite Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions. XIX. Muscovite Russia: Religion and Culture -- pt. V. Imperial Russia. XX. The Reign of Peter the Great, 1682-1725. XXI. Russian History from Peter the Great to Catherine the Great: The Reigns of Catherine I, 1725-27, Peter II, 1727-30, Anne, 1730-40, Ivan VI, 1740-41, Elizabeth, 1741-62, and Peter III, 1762. XXII. The Reigns of Catherine the Great, 1762-96, and Paul, 1796-1801. XXIII. The Economic and Social Development of Russia in the Eighteenth Century. XXIV. Russian Culture in the Eighteenth Century. XXV. The Reign of Alexander I, 1801-25. XXVI. The Reign of Nicholas I, 1825-55. XXVII. The Economic and Social Development of Russia in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. XXVIII. Russian Culture in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. XXIX. The Reign of Alexander II, 1855-81. XXX. The Reign of Alexander III, 1881-94, and the First Part of the Reign of Nicholas II, 1894-1905. XXXI. The Last Part of the Reign of Nicholas II: The Revolution of 1905 and the Constitutional Period, 1905-17. XXXII. The Economic and Social Development of Russia from the "Great Reforms" until the Revolutions of 1917. XXXIII. Russian Culture from the "Great Reforms" until the Revolutions of 1917. XXXIV. The Revolutions of 1917 -- pt. VI. Soviet Russia. XXXV. Soviet Russia: An Introduction. XXXVI. War Communism, 1917-21, and the New Economic Policy, 1921-28. XXXVII. The First Three Five-Year Plans, 1928-41. XXXVIII. Soviet Foreign Policy, 1921-41, and the Second World War, 1941-45. XXXIX. Stalin's Last Decade, 1945-53. XL. The Soviet Union after Stalin, 1953-83. XLI. Soviet Society and Culture. XLII. The Gorbachev Period and Beyond, 1985-92. XLIII. Soviet Russia: Concluding Remarks -- App. I. Tables -- 1-4 Russian Rulers -- 5 U.S.S.R.: Indexes of Growth of Population and Gross National Product by Use, 1928-82 -- 6 Political Subdivisions of the U.S.S.R. as of January 1, 1976 -- App. II. A Select List of Readings in English on Russian History.