"A very timely study of Russia's emergence as a global energy power from the Russian Revolution to the present day. It reveals how Russian exports shaped global energy flows as well as how international trade impacted the fabric of the country's foreign relations and, ultimately, the course of Russian history"--

Jeronim Perovi¿ is Professor of Eastern European History at the University of Zurich, specialising in the history of Russia and global energy.

Introduction; 1. Russia in the global history of oil; 2. The Bolsheviks and oil; 3. Energy in the Cold War; 4. Path to dependence; 5. Crisis, collapse, and resurgence; 6. Energy, geopolitics, and war; Conclusion.