A History of Modern Russia

From Tsarism to the Twenty-First Century

Third Edition

Robert Service

    A fine book...It is a dizzying tale and Service tells it well; he has none of the ideological baggage that has so often bedeviled Western histories of Russia...A balanced, dispassionate and painstaking account.
       --Brian Moynahan, Sunday Times

    A remarkable work...it demands to be read.
       --Adam Zamoyski, Spectator

    Always well-informed and balanced in his judgments, clear and concise in his analysis...Service is extremely good on Soviet politics.
       --Orlando Figes, Sunday Telegraph

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Robert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and Professor of Russian History at Oxford University.