Title: Rebels in the name of the tsar
Description: "Explores the phenomenon of peasant monarchism in nineteenth-century Russia, focusing on rebellions which tested popular faith in the tsar. The author presents and discusses two specific case studies describing the events which took place in the village of Bezdna in Kazan Province in 1861 and Chigirin district in Kiev Province during the 1870's."--Front flap.
Subjects: Sources, Monarchy, Peasant uprisings, History, Soviet union, history, 19th century
Places: Russia
Time periods: 19th century, Alexander II, 1855-1881