Peter the Great
Subtitle: The Struggle for Power, 16711725 (New Studies in European History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 497
ISBN-13: 9780521030670
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Political History; History / Europe / General; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); Peter--I, --Emperor of Russia, --1672-1725 Pe; Peter--I,--Emperor of Russia,--1672-1725; Political Science-Political History; Europe - General
First sentence: The deadly rivalry among the boyars after the death of Tsar Aleksei in 1676 can only be understood in the context of the value system and political structure of the court elite in the last years of the life of peter's father.