Daily Life in Imperial Russia

The history of imperial Russia is rich with warfare, class conflict, royal scandal, and the rise and fall of empire. This volume examines czarist Russia through the social and material lens, including changes in court life, serf/peasant life, the Orthodox church, and the effects of emancipation and industrialization, from the birth of Moscow to the rise of Communism.

Thematic chapters cover Peter the Great's modernization of Russia, class structure, the role of the church, traditions and rituals, work and labor practices, health, fashion, and military life.

List of contents

Chronology
Introduction: Early History through Peter the Great
1.Modernizing Russia
2.The Elites: Princes, Boyars, and Gentry
3.The Peasantry
4.The Church and the Towns
5.Lifestyle, Traditions, and Rituals
6.Conclusion: Radicals and Revolution
Glossary
Bibliography

About the author

GRETA BUCHER is Professor of History at the United States Military Academy. Her research interests include Russian, Soviet and East European history

men's history, and early modern European history. She is author of Women, the Bureaucracy and Daily Life in Postwar Moscow, 1945-1953 (2006) and has written and edited several chapters, articles and translated works.

Product details

• Assisted by: Greta Bucher (Editor), Bucher Greta (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2008
• EAN: 9780313341229
• ISBN: 978-0-313-34122-9
• No. of pages: 268
• Weight: 539 g
• Series: The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial, World History: Culture