Peter the Great
By: Paul Bushkovitch
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Critical issues in world and international history; Critical issues in world and international history
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781442254619; 9781442254626
Subjects: Emperors; Biography; History
Description: "Now in a new edition, this penetrating study by noted Yale historian Paul Bushkovitch casts new light on the profound impact of Peter the Great, one of the most revered and enigmatic leaders in world history, whose influence ultimately paved the way for liberalism, Western-style nationalism, and communism in Russia"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Russia at the end of the seventeenth century; title: Tradition and Westernization; title: A quarter-century of conflict, 1676-1699; title: The era of experimentation, 1700-1716; title: Crisis and resolution, 1716-1725; title: Monarchy, aristocracy, and reform.