Nobility and Privilege in Late Imperial Russia

The transformation of the Russian nobility between 1861 and 1914 has often been attributed to the anachronistic attitudes of its members and their failure to adapt to social change. Becker challenges this idea of "the decline of the nobility." He argues that the privileged estate responded positively to change and greatly influenced their nation's political and economic destiny.

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Seymour Becker

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• Authors: Seymour Becker
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1988
• EAN: 9780875805399
• ISBN: 978-0-87580-539-9
• No. of pages: 273
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Niu Slavic, East European, and
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries