1st Edition
Russia in the Nineteenth Century Autocracy, Reform, and Social Change, 1814-1914
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is a comprehensive interpretive history of Russia from the defeat of Napoleon to the eve of World War I. It is the first such work by a post-Soviet Russian scholar to appear in English. Drawing on the latest Russian and Western historical scholarship, Alexander Polunov examines the decay of the two central institutions of tsarist Russia: serfdom and autocracy. Polunov explains how the major... Read more
Foreword - Larissa Zakharova; Foreword - Thomas C. Owen; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. On the Path to Reform; 2. "A Time of External Slavery and Internal Freedom"; 3. A Colossus with Feet of Clay; 4. The End of Serfdom; 5. The Great Reforms: Sources and Consequences; 6. Russia's Economy and Finances after the Emancipation of the Serfs; 7. The Opposition Movement in Post-Reform Russia: From "Thaw" to Regicide; 8. Russia and the World in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century; 9. Under the Banner of Unshakable Autocracy; 10. Nicholas II: A Policy of Contradictions; 11. Opposition and Revolution; 12. On the Eve of Great Changes; Conclusion; Notes; Index.
Biography
A.I.U Polunov, Thomas C. Owen, L.G. Zakharova
