Scenarios of power
Subtitle: myth and ceremony in Russian monarchy from Peter the Great to the abdication of Nicholas II
By: Richard Wortman.
Edition: New abridged one-volume paperback edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780691123745
Subjects: Russia -- Social life and customs -- 18th century; Russia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Russia -- Court and courtiers; Russia -- Kings and rulers
Other titles: Myth and ceremony in Russian monarchy from Peter the Great to the abdication of Nicholas II
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The European myth; title: Signs of empire; title: Peter the Great; title: Olympian scenarios; title: The education of princes and the deilemma of neoclassicism; title: The Emperor Paul I; title: The angel on the throne; title: Nicholas I; title: Epitomes of the nation; title: Parents and son; title: Alexandar II and the scenario of love; title: The tsar-emancipator; title: The crisis of autocracy; title: A national myth; title: The making of a Russian tsar; title: The inauguration of a national myth; title: The resurrection of Muscovy; title: The life and death of a Russian tsar; title: Nicholas II as heir and husband; title: The accession and coronation of Nicholas II; title: Demonstrations of godliness; title: Nicholas II and the Revolution of 1905; title: Historical celebrations; title: Nicholas II and World War I.