A Source Book for Russian History From Early Times to 1917; Volume 1: Early Times to the Late Seventeenth Century; Volume 2: Peter the Great to Nicholas I; Volume 3: Alexander II to the February Revolution
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1972. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Covers have some wear and soiling. Some endpaper discoloration. Some edge soiling. Some staining to the back of the top edge of Volume 3. Volume 1, xxviii, 306, xxix-xlv, [1] pages. References (in text). Guide to Main Topics. List of Items by Chapters. List of Abbreviations. Bibliography. Permissions. Volume 2, xxvi, [2], 309-584, xxvii-xliii, [7] pages. Volume 3, xxvi, [2], 587-884, xxvii-xliii, [1] pages. George Vernadsky (August 20, 1887 – June 12, 1973) was a Russian-born American historian and an author of numerous books on Russian history. In 1927, Michael Rostovtzeff and Frank A. Golder offered Vernadsky a position at Yale University in the United States. At Yale, he first served as a research associate in history (1927–1946), and then became a full professor of Russian history in 1946. He served in that position until his retirement in 1956. He died in New Haven on June 12, 1973. Among the topics covered are: Pre-Kievan Beginnings, Kievan Russia, Novgorod, Pskov, Lithuania, Muscovy, Ukraine, Peter the Great, Catherine II, Alexander I, Decembrists, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II, Duma, First World War, Russian Revolution. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Pre-Kievan, Kievan Russia, Novgorod, Pskov, Lithuania, Muscovy, Ukraine, Peter the Great, Catherine II, Alexander I, Decembrists, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II, Duma, First World War, Russian Revolution, Tsar, Czar, Reference W
ISBN: 0300016255
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Price: $360.00