The reforms of Peter the Great
Subtitle: progress through coercion in Russia
By: Evgenii V. Anisimov ; translated with an introduction by John T. Alexander.
Series: The New Russian history
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Russia -- History -- Peter I, 1689-1725
Description: This exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth-century tsar-reformer develops an important theme. What happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human emancipation? What was the price of power - for Russia, and for Peter himself? Evgenii V. Anisimov's provocative history of Peter thus asks important questions with special resonance today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and index.