Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 446 g
Reihe: Profiles In Power
Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 446 g
Reihe: Profiles In Power
ISBN: 978-1-138-14904-5
Verlag: Routledge
An excellent introduction to the formidable life and career of Peter the Great and his impact on Russia. M.S. Anderson assesses his aims and achievements at home and abroad, and examines the pressures and restrictions that shaped his attitudes and limited his actions.
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Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Genealogical Table and Maps List
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
CHAPTER 1 Russia before Peter: Modernization and Resistance
CHAPTER 2 The Young Tsar
CHAPTER 3 The First Initiatives: the Capture of Azov and the 'Great Embassy' to the West
CHAPTER 4 Emergence into Europe: the Great Northern War
CHAPTER 5 A New State and Society? 91
CHAPTER 6 Opposition and its Repression: the Tsarevich Alexis
CHAPTER 7 Peter the Man: Character and Personality
CHAPTER 8 'The Greatest Monarch of our Age': Peter's Place in History
Genealogical Table and Maps
Chronology
Further Reading
Index
