This book is part of a book series called Oxford History For Gcse .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Oxford University Press .

Nigel Smith is an enthusiastic historian and an expert on the Industrial Revolution. He holds a Master's degree and is head of history at Hall Mead School, Upminster. He has written many history books for young people.

This book has the following chapters: 1. A new century ; 2. The fall of the Tsar ; 3. The Bolsheviks take power ; 4. Staling takes control ; 5. Changes to agriculture ; 6. Changes to industry ; 7. The Reign of Terror ; 8. The road to war ; 9. The Great Patriotic War ; 10. Cold War ; 11. Khrushchev: a new style ; 12. Brezhnev to Chernenko: the old guard ; 13. A new Russia