The Petrine Revolution In Russian Culture
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The Petrine Revolution In Russian Culture
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Author : James Cracraft
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-01
The Petrine Revolution In Russian Culture 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 2009-07-01 with History categories.
The reforms initiated by Peter the Great transformed Russia not only into a European power, but into a European culture--a shift, argues James Cracraft, that was nothing less than revolutionary. The author of seminal works on visual culture in the Petrine era, Cracraft now turns his attention to the changes that occurred in Russian verbal culture. The forceful institutionalization of the tsar's reforms--the establishment of a navy, modernization of the army, restructuring of the government, introduction of new arts and sciences--had an enormous impact on language. Cracraft details the transmission to Russia of contemporary European naval, military, bureaucratic, legal, scientific, and literary norms and their corresponding lexical and other linguistic effects. This crucial first stage in the development of a "modern" verbal culture in Russia saw the translation and publication of a wholly unprecedented number of textbooks and treatises; the establishment of new printing presses and the introduction of a new alphabet; the compilation, for the first time, of grammars and dictionaries of Russian; and the initial standardization, in consequence, of the modern Russian literary language. Peter's creation of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the chief agency advancing these reforms, is also highlighted. In the conclusion to his masterwork, Cracraft deftly pulls together the Petrine reforms in verbal and visual culture to portray a revolution that would have dramatic consequences for Russia, and for the world.
The Petrine Revolution In Russian Architecture
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Author : James Cracraft
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1988-10-26
The Petrine Revolution In Russian Architecture written by James Cracraft and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-10-26 with Architecture categories.
In this highly original book James Cracraft provides a major case study of the cultural revolution in Russia initiated by Peter the Great, tsar and first emperor (1682-1725). He recounts in fascinating detail how modern standards of architecture supplanted traditional norms in Russia following a massive injection of European expertise and indicates how, thereby, the modern Russian built world came into being. The first comprehensive study of the Petrine revolution in Russian architecture to be published in any language, the book includes nearly 250 illustrations, many of them original photographs appearing here for the first time.
The Petrine Revolution In Russian Imagery
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Author : James Cracraft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-01
The Petrine Revolution In Russian Imagery written by James Cracraft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01 with Art categories.
The second volume of historian James Cracraft's comprehensive study of the cultural revolution engineered in Russia by Peter the Great. Throughout the study, Cracraft explores how medieval Muscovy became modern Russia. He situates the Petrine revolution in Russian visual and verbal culture in its wider political, economic and social setting. 35 color plates. 95 halftones.
The Revolution Of Peter The Great
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Author : James CRACRAFT
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
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 2009-06-30 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. 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 The Revolution of Peter the Great, James Cracraft offers a brilliant new interpretation of this pivotal era.
The Soviet Union Today
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Author : James Gracraft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Soviet Union Today written by James Gracraft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.
Constructing Russian Culture In The Age Of Revolution 1881 1940
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Author : Catriona Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1998
Constructing Russian Culture In The Age Of Revolution 1881 1940 written by Catriona Kelly and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Literature and society categories.
IConstructing Russian Culture offers a pioneering new account of the relationship between literature and other cultural forms in Late Imperial Russia and Revolutionary Russia.The general consensus in Western study of Russia and the Soviet Union has been that understanding of `historical background' is essential to the study of `literature'. But this consensus has so far failed to produce sophisticated overviews of the culture as a whole; literary histories seldomventure outside a rigid canon of authors and literary groupings, and the account of `historical background' sometimes amount to little more than a listing of certain predictable political and social factors that can be perceived to have `influenced' (or impeded) literary developments.This book is an ambitious attempt to recontextualize Russian literature, and rethink the relations between literature and other cultural forms. The book examines a number of, in Bourdieu's term `cultural fields' in late Imperial Russia: science and objectivity; national and personal identity;consumerism and commercial culture. There is also a `keywords' introduction explaining the evolution of concepts of the self, the nation, and `literariness' in Russian culture, and an `Epilogue' outlining the further history of the central themes after 1917.Contributors include leading specialists in Russian literature, cultural history, and cultural theory from Britain, the USA, and Russia. Intended as a companion to Russian Cultural Studies: An Introduction (also OUP), this stimulating, original, and controversial book will be a vital resource forall those interested in Russian culture during `the age of Revolution'.
Language And Culture In Eighteenth Century Russia
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Author : V. M. Zhivov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Language And Culture In Eighteenth Century Russia written by V. M. Zhivov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Zhivov's magisterial work tells the story of the creation of a new vernacularliterary language in modern Russia, an achievement arguably on a par with thenation's extraordinary military successes, territorial expansion, developmentof the arts, and formation of a modern empire.
Russian Masculinities In History And Culture
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Author : B. Clements
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2001-12-18
Russian Masculinities In History And Culture written by B. Clements and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-18 with Social Science categories.
From the romantic liaisons of Peter the Great to the birth of the Russian 'queen', this collection of essays presents recent research from the new field of Russian masculinity studies. Peasant patriarchs, aristocratic dandies, anxious young bureaucrats, workers in search of father figures, heroic warriors, promiscuous bathhouse attendants and vodka-soaked athletic stars populate this volume. Its essays take as a starting point the notion that masculinity, like femininity, has a history.
Russia And Courtly Europe
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Author : Jan Hennings
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-27
Russia And Courtly Europe written by Jan Hennings and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-27 with History categories.
This book explores diplomacy and ritual practice at a moment of new departures and change in both early modern Europe and Russia.
Outlines Of Russian Culture
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Author : Paul Miliukov
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2020-08-06
Outlines Of Russian Culture written by Paul Miliukov and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-06 with History categories.
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