Russia had an extraordinary twentieth century, undergoing upheaval and transformation. Updating his acclaimed
History of Modern Russia, Robert Service provides a panoramic perspective on a country whose Soviet past encompassed
revolution, civil war, mass terror, and two world wars. He shows how seven decades of communist rule, which penetrated
every aspect of Soviet life, continue to influence Russia today. This new edition takes the story from 2002 through
the entire presidency of Vladimir Putin to the election of his successor, Dmitri Medvedev.