Governing Tsarist Russia

Informationen zum Autor PETER WALDRON is Professor of Modern History at the University of East Anglia, UK. His publications include the End of Imperial Russia, 1855-1917 which is also in the European History in Perspective series. Klappentext The Tsarist Empire posed unique problems to its rulers. Peter Waldron examines the challenges that faced them in terms of geography, culture, finance and military power, analysing the sources of the Russian Empire's strength and the reasons why the tsars were able to maintain their unlimited power for so long. Zusammenfassung The Tsarist Empire posed unique problems to its rulers. Peter Waldron examines the challenges that faced them in terms of geography! culture! finance and military power! analysing the sources of the Russian Empire's strength and the reasons why the tsars were able to maintain their unlimited power for so long. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps Chronology Preface Introduction: Building the Russian State PART I: THE ETHOS OF AUTOCRACY The Ideology of Tsarism Monarchs Service PART II: RULING AN EMPIRE Institutions Provincial Authority Coercion, Police and Justice National Challenges Financing the Empire Conclusion: The Legacy of Tsarism Notes Bibliography Index.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Waldron, Waldron Peter
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2007
• EAN: 9780333717189
• ISBN: 978-0-333-71718-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 227 mm x 7 mm
• Series: European History in Perspective; EUROPEAN HISTORY IN PERSPECTIV; European History in Perspective; EUROPEAN HISTORY IN PERSPECTIV
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; B, History, European History, Europe—History, chronology;empire;history;Russia