The Russian Moment in World HistoryIs Russian history one big inevitable failure? The Soviet Union's demise and Russia's ensuing troubles have led many to wonder. But this is to look through a skewed prism indeed. In this provocative and elegantly written short history of Russia, Marshall Poe takes us well beyond the Soviet haze deep into the nation's fascinating not at all inevitable, and in key respects remarkably successful past. Tracing Russia's course from its beginnings to the