The Revolution of Peter the Great
By: James Cracraft.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725; Russia -- History -- Peter I, 1689-1725
Description: "Linking together and transcending Peter's many reforms of state and society, Cracraft argues, was nothing less than a cultural revolution. New ways of dress, elite social behavior, navigation, architecture, and image-making emerged along with expansive vocabularies for labeling new objects and activities.

Russians learned how to build and sail warships; train, supply, and command a modern army; operate a new-style bureaucracy; conduct diplomacy on a par with the other European states; apply modern science and conceptualize the new governing system.

Throughout, Peter remains the central figure, and Cracraft discusses the shaping events of the tsar's youth, his inner circle, the resistance his reforms engendered, and the founding of the city that would embody his vision - St. Petersburg, which celebrated its tercentenary in spring 2003"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index.