Governing Tsarist Russia

ISBN-13: 9780333717189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 256 str.

Peter Waldron

Opis

The Tsarist Empire posed unique problems to its rulers. Peter Waldron examines the challenges that faced them in terms of geography, culture, finance and military power, analysing the sources of the Russian Empire's strength and the reasons why the tsars were able to maintain their unlimited power for so long.

Spis treści

List of Maps.- Chronology.- Preface.- Introduction: Building the Russian State.- PART I: THE ETHOS OF AUTOCRACY.- The Ideology of Tsarism.- Monarchs.- Service.- PART II: RULING AN EMPIRE.- Institutions.- Provincial Authority.- Coercion, Police and Justice.- National Challenges.- Financing the Empire.- Conclusion: The Legacy of Tsarism.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

PETER WALDRON is Professor of Modern History at the University of East Anglia, UK. His publications include the End of Imperial Russia, 1855-1917 which is also in the European History in Perspective series.