The Reforms of Peter the Great

The Reforms of Peter the Great
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9781317454878
ISBN-13 : 1317454871
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Book Synopsis The Reforms of Peter the Great by : Evgenii V. Anisimov

Download or read book The Reforms of Peter the Great written by Evgenii V. Anisimov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This psychologically penetrating revisionist account of the life and rule of Rusia's 18th-century Tsar-reformer develops an important theme - that is, what happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than to a larger goal of human emancipation? And, what has been the price of power - both for Peter and for Russia?


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