Russia and the Napoleonic Wars [electronic resource] /
Hartley, Janet M.editor.
Keenan, Paul.editor.
Lieven, Dominic.editor.
Russia played a fundamental role in the outcome of Napoleonic Wars; the wars also had an impact on almost every area of Russian life. Russia and the Napoleonic Wars brings together significant and new research from Russian and non-Russian historians and their work demonstrates the importance of this period both for Russia and for all of Europe.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
International relations in the Napoleonic era: the long view / Dominic Lieven -- Cicero and Aristotle: cultural imperialism and the Napoleonic geography of empire / Michael Broers -- Napoleon's vision of empire and the decision to invade Russia / Alan Forrest -- Russian perspectives on European order: review of the year 1819 / Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter -- Alexander I, Talleyrand and France's future in 1814 / Marie-Pierre Rey -- Russia and Britain in international relations in the period 1807-1812 / Aleksandr A. Orlov -- Russia, Napoleon and the threat to British India / David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye -- Factions and in-fighting among Russian generals in the 1812 era / Viktor M. Bezotosnyi -- The "Maid of Orleans" of the Russian army: Prince Eugen of Württemberg in the Napoleonic Wars / Denis A. Sdvizhkov -- The finances of the Russian empire in the period of the patriotic war of 1812 and of the foreign campaigns of the Russian army / Liudmila P. Marnei -- Patriotism in the provinces in 1812: volunteers and donations / Janet M. Hartley -- The Russian imperial court and victory celebrations during the early Napoleonic wars / Paul Keenan -- Orthodox Russia against "godless" France: the Russian church and the "holy war" of 1812 / Liubov Melnikova -- The enemy behind our backs? The occupation of the Duchy of Warsaw 1813-1814 / Andrzej Nieuwazny -- Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars in the ruling elite of the Russian empire / Grigorii Bibikov -- The 1812 war and the civilizing process in Russia / Alexander M. Martin -- The patriotic war of 1812 in the commemorative practices and historical memory of Russian society from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries / Tatiana Saburova.
Russia played a fundamental role in the outcome of Napoleonic Wars; the wars also had an impact on almost every area of Russian life. Russia and the Napoleonic Wars brings together significant and new research from Russian and non-Russian historians and their work demonstrates the importance of this period both for Russia and for all of Europe.
Russia—History.
Europe, Eastern—History.
Europe—History.
World politics.
History, Modern.
Military history.
Russian, Soviet, and East European History.
European History.
Political History.
Modern History.
History of Military.