The Reforms of Peter the Great (New Russian History)

Alexander, J.T. V.

ISBN 10: 1563240483 / ISBN 13: 9781563240485

Published by Routledge, 1993

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Title: The Reforms of Peter the Great (New Russian ...

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: paperback

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

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?

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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.