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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457723503321

Autore

Polunov A. I͡U (Aleksandr I͡Urʹevich), <1966->

Titolo

Russia in the nineteenth century [[electronic resource] ] : autocracy, reform, and social change, 1814-1914 / / Alexander Polunov ; edited by Thomas C. Owen and Larissa G. Zakharova ; translated by Marshall S. Shatz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2005

ISBN

1-317-46049-9

1-315-70098-0

1-280-93415-8

9786610934157

0-7656-2162-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

The new Russian history

Altri autori (Persone)

OwenThomas C

ZakharovaL. G (Larisa Georgievna)

Disciplina

947/.07

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Russia History 1801-1917

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

On the path to reform -- "A time of external slavery and internal freedom" -- A colossus with feet of clay -- The end of serfdom -- The great reforms : sources and consequences -- Russia's economy and finances after the emancipation of the serfs -- The opposition movement in post-reform Russia : from "thaw" to regicide -- Russia and the world, 1856-1900 -- Under the banner of unshakable autocracy -- Nicholas II : a policy of contradictions -- Opposition and revolution -- On the eve of great changes.

Sommario/riassunto

This covers the 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. It examines the decay of the two central institutions of tsarist Russia: serfdom and autocracy; the major social groups and how they reacted to the Great Reforms.