Peter The Great Changes Russia
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Peter The Great Changes Russia
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Author : Marc Raeff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Peter The Great Changes Russia written by Marc Raeff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Russia categories.
The Reforms Of Peter The Great
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Author : Evgenii V. Anisimov
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-02-24
The Reforms Of Peter The Great written by Evgenii V. Anisimov and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-24 with Social Science categories.
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?
The Revolution Of Peter The Great
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Author : James Cracraft
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2006-03-15
The Revolution Of Peter The Great written by James Cracraft and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-15 with History categories.
Many books chronicle the remarkable life of Russian tsar Peter the Great, but none analyze how his famous reforms actually took root and spread in Russia. In The Revolution of Peter the Great, James Cracraft offers a brilliant new interpretation of this pivotal era. Linking together and transcending Peter's many reforms of state and society, Cracraft argues, was nothing less than a cultural revolution. New ways of dress, elite social behavior, navigation, architecture, and image-making emerged along with expansive vocabularies for labeling new objects and activities. Russians learned how to build and sail warships; train, supply, and command a modern army; operate a new-style bureaucracy; conduct diplomacy on a par with the other European states; apply modern science; and conceptualize the new governing system. Throughout, Peter remains the central figure, and Cracraft discusses the shaping events of the tsar's youth, his inner circle, the resistance his reforms engendered, and the founding of the city that would embody his vision--St. Petersburg, which celebrated its tercentenary in 2003. By century's end, Russia was poised to play a critical role in the Napoleonic wars and boasted an elite culture about to burst into its golden age. In this eloquent book, Cracraft illuminates an astonishing transformation that had enormous consequences for both Russia and Europe, indeed the world.
Peter The Great
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Author : William Marshall
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 1996
Peter The Great written by William Marshall and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Russia categories.
Back coverSEMINAR STUDIES IN HISTORYEdited by Roger Lockyer(Emeritus Reader in History, in the University of London)This famous series examines key themes in British, European and World history in short, succinct volumes. The text is supported by primary material in a Documents section, a full bibliography and an index; where appropriate there are maps, chronologies and glossaries. All the books in the series are written by experts in the field who are not only familiar with the latest research but have often contributed to it. Works of scholarship in their own right, the books also provide a survey of current historical interpretations. Longman has now inaugurated a major programme of renewal and expansion for Seminar Studies, with many new titles and new editions in the pipeline. Existing books are being re-presented in a larger, more reader-friendly format as they reprint; and new books and new editions are being reset into an entirely new page design.____________________________________________________________________________Peter the Great was an unusual man and a most unusual tsar. His reign (1682-1725) had a momentous impact on the development of modern Russia and a study of it is crucial for an understanding of Russia's development from backwater to twentieth-century world power status. This brand new Seminar Study looks at all aspects of Peter's reign and considers the complex personality of the man himself, a man who was 'constantly at boiling point, possibly on the verge of breakdown and madness'.Peter's reign saw major changes in every possible sphere of Russian life as he sought to remodel Russian institutions on Western lines. The author takes the reader through Peter's administrative reforms; his efforts to revitalise the economy - in particular the development of the iron industry; his attitude to the Church; his educational reforms; his modernisation of the army; and the creation of a navy. An entire chapter is devoted to St Petersburg, the city built to order by Peter and which epitomises Peter's policy of westernisation and his phenomenal energy and enthusiasm. As one would expect space is also devoted to Peter's foreign policy, most notably his important wars against Sweden and Turkey which resulted in the expansion of the Russian Empire. The text is supported by primary source material, maps, glossaries and a comprehensive bibliography. Readers are sure to welcome this accessible account of one history's most colourful personalities.William Marshall was formerly Head of History at Millfield.Cover:LongmanLogo
Peter The Great Transforms Russia
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Author : James Cracraft
language : en
Publisher: D. C. Heath and Company
Release Date : 1991
Peter The Great Transforms Russia written by James Cracraft and has been published by D. C. Heath and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Featuring Western and Soviet historians, the diverse essays gathered here illuminate the main developments, accomplishments, and failures of Peter's reign in Russia, reopening the troubling debates which color any assessment of the Petrine achievement.
Peter The Great Reformer Or Revolutionary
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Author : Marc Raeff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Peter The Great Reformer Or Revolutionary written by Marc Raeff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Russia categories.
Second ed. published in 1972 under title: Peter the Great changes Russia. Bibliographical references included in footnotes. "Suggestions for additional reading and a bibliographical note": p. 107-109.
Peter The Great
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Author : Stephen J. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-06-17
Peter The Great written by Stephen J. Lee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Peter the Great, whose reign saw the explosion of Russia onto the European scene, has become a legendary figure in history, as well as the subject of abiding controversy over the past two decades. Does he deserve the title 'The Great'? Was he 'enlightened' or 'barbaric'? Were his domestic reforms planned, or introduced as a direct result of the needs of war? Peter the Great answers key questions about his territorial expansion and domestic reforms. It reflects existing controversies and allows the reader to consider the views of a range of historians - Russian, English and American. The author avoids a narrative approach in order to focus on analysing issues that students are expected to address in their essays.
Peter The Great
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Author : Matthew Smith Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 1995
Peter The Great written by Matthew Smith Anderson and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Russia categories.
Peter the Great is one of the dominating personalities of early modern Europe. During his reign (1682/89-1725) Russia emerged from semi-Asiatic isolation on the remote fringes of the western world to become a great political and military power in her own right, and, for the first time, a principal actor on the European stage. The study does full justice to Peter's extraordinary contribution to the development of Russia - his determination to westernize the country; to furnish it with the means of self-defence; to change drastically its religious and educational institutions; to give it a voice in European affairs; and to create a new capital city - Peter's "window on the West" - of unprecedented splendour. The portrait of the Tsar that emerges is impressive but not attractive. Peter's energy and vision were matched by his brutality in public affairs, a lack of human affection in his private relationships, and the coarseness of his personal behaviour. The darker side of both man and monarch is fully acknowledged here. Yet, when the failures and failings have been taken into account, and the accretions of historical myth-making stripped away, it remains a formidable life; and Matthew Anderson does it full justice in this admirable study.
Russia In The Age Of Peter The Great
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Author : Lindsey Hughes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-01
Russia In The Age Of Peter The Great written by Lindsey Hughes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01 with History categories.
Named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 1998 by the "Los Angeles Times Book Review, " this magisterial volume is a history of Peter the Great and the Russia he governed.
The Image Of Peter The Great In Russian History And Thought
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Author : Nicholas Valentine Riasanovsky
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1992
The Image Of Peter The Great In Russian History And Thought written by Nicholas Valentine Riasanovsky and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The image of Peter the Great casts a long shadow in modern Russian thought and culture. As important to modern Russia as the French Revolution is to France and the Reformation is to Germany, the image of this militaristic ruler, founder of St Petersburg, and czar of all Russia from 1689-1725 has been central to Russian history, literature, and art since the early 1700s.; Riasanovsky, one of the foremost historians of Russia, traces the development of this image from 1700 to the present. Drawing examples from Russian historical accounts, literature, folklore, and the arts, he shows how the use of the image of Peter has reflected the changing cultural and political values of the Russian people.