Evgenii V. Anisimov, J. T. Alexander

The Reforms of Peter the Great

Progress Through Violence in Russia

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Produktbeschreibung

This psychologically penetrating revisionist account of the life and rule of Rusia's 18th-century Tsar-reformer develops an important theme - that is, what happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than to a larger goal of human emancipation? And, what has been the price of power - both for Peter and for Russia?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781563240478
• ISBN-10: 1563240475
• Artikelnr.: 22406296

Autorenporträt

Evgenii V. Anisimov, J.T. Alexander

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Father of the Fatherland
The Personality of the Reformer
Victory at any Cost
The Narva Confusion
"Seek to overthrow the foe"
Industrialization Petrine-Style
"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 Hangö
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?"
Conclusion