CONTENTS

1. COVER
2. TITLE PAGE
3. COPYRIGHT
4. INTRODUCTION
5. LIST OF MAPS
6. I. INVENTING RUSSIA
   1. 1THE BIRTH OF THE TSARDOM
   2. 2THE THIRD ROME
   3. 3THE IMPERIAL NATION
7. II. THE REUNIFICATION OF RUS’
   1. 4THE ENLIGHTENED EMPRESS
   2. 5THE POLISH CHALLENGE
   3. 6THE BATTLE FOR THE BORDERLANDS
8. III. THE TRIPARTITE NATION
   1. 7THE ADVENT OF UKRAINE
   2. 8GREAT, LITTLE, AND WHITE
   3. 9KILLING THE LANGUAGE
9. IV. THE REVOLUTION OF NATIONS
   1. 10THE PEOPLE’S SONG
   2. 11THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY
   3. 12THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
10. V. THE UNBREAKABLE UNION
    1. 13LENIN’S VICTORY
    2. 14NATIONAL COMMUNISM
    3. 15THE RETURN OF RUSSIA
    4. 16THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
    5. 17THE SOVIET PEOPLE
11. VI. THE NEW RUSSIA
    1. 18RED FLAG DOWN
    2. 19THE RUSSIAN WORLD
    3. 20THE RUSSIAN WAR
    4. EPILOGUE
12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
13. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY
15. NOTES
16. INDEX