The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 2, Imperial Russia, 1689-1917Research Professor Dominic Lieven, Maureen Perrie, Dominic Lieven, Ronald Grigor Suny The second volume of The Cambridge History of Russia covers the imperial period (1689-1917). It encompasses political, economic, social, cultural, diplomatic, and military history. All the major Russian social groups have separate chapters and the volume also includes surveys on the non-Russian peoples and the government's policies towards them. It addresses themes such as women, law, the Orthodox Church, the police and the revolutionary movement. The volume's seven chapters on diplomatic and military history, and on Russia's evolution as a great power, make it the most detailed study of these issues available in English. The contributors come from the USA, UK, Russia and Germany: most are internationally recognised as leading scholars in their fields, and some emerging younger academics engaged in cutting-edge research have also been included. No other single volume in any language offers so comprehensive, expert and up-to-date an analysis of Russian history in this period. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
EMPIRE | 9 |
tsarist nationalities policy | 27 |
Geographies of imperial identity | 45 |
Russian culture in the eighteenth century | 67 |
Ukrainians and Poles | 165 |
Jews | 184 |
The elites | 227 |
Provincial and local government | 449 |
Peter the Great and the Northern War | 489 |
24 Russian foreign policy 17251815 | 504 |
NIKOLAI AFONIN | 575 |
PART VII | 591 |
Russian workers and revolution | 617 |
Police and revolutionaries 63 7 | 637 |
670 | |
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The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 2, Imperial Russia, 1689-1917 Dominic Lieven Limited preview - 2006 |
The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 2, Imperial Russia, 1689-1917 Dominic Lieven Limited preview - 2006 |
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