Russian History
Russia throughout its tsarist, communist and hyper capitalist phases has had a fascinating and all too often painful history. Our articles cover economic modernisation during tsarist times, the Russian Civil War fought between the whites and the reds, the collapse of the Soviet Union and a case study on ethnic conflict within Georgia post the fall of the USSR.
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
What caused the Soviet Union, one of the world's two great superpowers to fall apart in less than six years? This series tries to shed some light on those confused and uncertain years before the fall of the USSR.
The Russian Civil War
The Brest-Litovsk peace agreement between Germany and Communist Russia galvanised significant portions of Russia's population to violently oppose the Bolshevik government.
Russian Civil War (Part 1)
Russian Civil War (Part 2)
Russian Civil War (Bibliography)
Russia's Policy on Ethnic Conflict in Georgia
Russian policy towards ethnic conflict in Georgia oscilated between the creation of an unstable and weak Georgia and the need for a strong Georgia to be a bulwark against Islamist expansion.
Russia and Ethnic Conflict in Georgia (Part 1)
Russia and Ethnic Conflict in Georgia (Part 2)
Russia and Ethnic Conflict in Georgia (Bibliography)
Economic Modernisation in Tsarist Russia
The Russian Empire at the turn of the twentieth century was governed by an ancient autocratic system. By the time Alexander III was crowned to head of the system, Russia had lost its position as a great power.
Economic Modernisation (Part 1)
Economic Modernisation (Part 2)
Economic Modernisation (Bibliography)
Leo Tolstoy
Leon Trotsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Putin
Yuri Gagarin