Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy

摘要

This remarkable dictionary continues and enlarges the Historical Dictionary of United States-Russian/Soviet Relations (Saul, 2008) (RR 2010/16) and other books about American-Russian/Soviet relations by Professor Norman E. Saul, a specialist in this subject. It covers centuries of Russian history through a chronology, an extensive bibliography, an introductory essay and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on key persons, places, events, institutions and organizations. It goes further back in history than the previous dictionary, and covers more of the important figures who built the Russian empire and, over the centuries, contributed to its expansion and growing influence. Small wonder then, that it contains so many articles about wars and annexations, peace treaties and pacts, as well as biographies of key diplomats, spies, defectors and cultural figures.