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Peter the Great Changes Russia (Second Edition)
Peter the Great Changes Russia - Second Edition Author:Marc Raeff (Editor) This is a collection of 18 essays, mostly by Russian authors, on the life and times of Peter the Great (1682-1725) and his transformation of Russia. To Russians of the eighteenth century, Peter had been the transformer of his nation, bringing to life a new, modern type of Russian man, literally creating Russia anew. But it was only in the ninete... more »enth century, under the influence of the events in France after 1789, that radical intellectuals began to see Peter the Great as a revolutionary figure who had forcibly pushed Russia onto the path of secularism, rationalism, radical innovation, and modernity.
The essays are organized into five sections:
1. Muscovy Before Peter the Great
2. Portraits of Peter the Great
3. Reforms of Peter the Great
4. The Sovereign Emperor and the Opposition
5. Historical Assessments
Published by D.C. Heath in their Problems in European History series under the editorial direction of John Ratte of Amherst College. The editor, Marc Raeff, is a professor at Columbia University.« less