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Author Wortman, Richard.

Title Scenarios of power [electronic resource] : myth and ceremony in Russian monarchy from Peter the Great to the abdication of Nicholas II / Richard Wortman.-New abridged one-volume paperback ed.

Imprint Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire : Princeton University Press, 2006.

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 Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 496 p. : Grayscale Illustration ; 24 cm.
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Note Published by Princeton University Press.
This book has been composed in Sabon.
Printed on acid-free paper.
Printed in the United States of America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The European Myth -- A National Myth.
Signs of Empire -- Peter the Great -- Olympian Scenarios -- The Education of Princes and the Dilemma of Neoclassicism -- The Emperor Paul I -- The Angel on the Throne -- Nicholas I -- Epitomes of the Nation -- Parents and Son -- Alexander II and the Scenario of Love -- The Tsar-Emancipator -- The Crisis of Autocracy -- The Making of a Russian Tsar -- The Inauguration of a National Myth -- The Resurrection of Muscovy -- The Life and Death of a Russian Tsar -- Nicholas II as Heir and Husband -- The Accession and Coronation of Nicholas II -- Demonstrations of Godliness -- Nicholas II and the Revolution of 1905 -- Historical Celebrations -- Nicholas II and World War I.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2019. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Subject Russia -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Russia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Russia -- Court and courtiers.
Russia -- Kings and rulers.
European 6 : -- Russia & Eastern.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN 9780691123745 pbk. : alk. paper
0691123748 pbk. : alk. paper
9780691029474
Standard No. 2027/heb05362 hdl

 
    
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