ABSTRACT

This book reflects the author's abiding scholarly quest to illustrate how elements of freedom and self-government play important roles in the history of nations, even during the darkest periods of their history.

part One

chapter 1|5 pages

Ancient Rus

Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries

chapter 2|12 pages

The Muscovite State

Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

chapter 3|7 pages

The Imperial Era

The Eighteenth Century

chapter 5|5 pages

Freedom and Revolution

chapter 6|4 pages

The Serfs’ Longing for Freedom

chapter 8|12 pages

Zemstvo and Urban Self-Government

part Two|74 pages

chapter 10|14 pages

The State Duma

chapter 11|5 pages

Cooperatives in Russia

chapter 12|14 pages

Light and Shadow in the Duma Monarchy

chapter 13|32 pages

Revolution and Civil War, 1917–1922