| Description |
xi, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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| Series |
The New Russian history |
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New Russian history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index. |
| Summary |
This exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth-century tsar-reformer develops an important theme. What happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human emancipation? What was the price of power - for Russia, and for Peter himself? Evgenii V. Anisimov's provocative history of Peter thus asks important questions with special resonance today. |
| Contents |
The New Russian History / Donald J. Raleigh -- Translator's Introduction / John T. Alexander -- Father of the Fatherland. The Personality of the Reformer -- Victory at Any Cost. The Narva Confusion. "Seek to overthrow the foe" Industrialization Petrine-Stvle. "It's difficult for a man to know and direct everything sight unseen" On the Roads of War: From Narva to Poltava. The Breakthrough: From Poltava to Hango -- Birth of the Empire. The Realization of Peter's State Ideal. The Serf Economy. Producing the All-Russian Subject People. Reforming the Clerical Rank. "The police is the soul of the citizenry" The Imperial Idea -- Heritage and Heirs. "To whom shall I leave the planting described above?" |
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Emperors -- Russia.
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Russia -- History -- Peter I, 1689-1725.
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Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725.
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Russia (Federation) (OCoLC)fst01262050
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| Chronological Term |
1689-1725
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Alexander, John T., translator, writer of introduction.
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| ISBN |
1563240475 |
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9781563240478 |
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1563240483 (pbk.) |
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9781563240485 (pbk.) |
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