01370 a2200313 4500 1317873858 20250317100408.0 250312042014GB eng 9781317873853 Taylor & Francis GBP 38.99 BB 01 eng NHD thema N thema 3MPQ bisac HBJD bic HBLW3 bic HIS032000 bisac HIS010000 bisac HIS000000 bisac HIS044000 bisac 947.084 bisac David R. Marples Motherland Russia in the Twentieth Century 1 Oxford Routledge 20141013 388 p Motherland tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. From Lenin's virtual coup in November 1917 to Boris Yeltsin's ruthless takeover of power in 1991, the book culminates with a new view of the Yeltsin years. David Marples focuses on the evolution of Russia during the Soviet period, and the attempt to harness Russian nationalism to the avowed Soviet mission of promoting World Communism. Along the way heanalyses some of the more intensive historical debates and uncovers some of the myths perpetuated by state propaganda, especially those associated with the Great Patriotic War. 2008 2008