The Emperors and Empresses of Russia: Reconsidering the Romanovs

by Donald J. Raleigh, A.A. Iskenderov

Overview

Since glasnost began, Russia's most eminent historians have taken advantage of new archival access and the end of censorship and conformity to reassess and reinterpret their history. Through this process they are linking up with Russia's great historiographic tradition while producing work that is fresh and modern. In "The Emperors and Empresses of Russia", renowned Russian historians tell the story of the Romanovs as complex individual personalities and as key institutional actors in Russian history, from the empire builder Peter I to the last tsar, Nicholas II. These portraits are contributions to the writing of history, partaking neither of wooden ideologisation nor of naive romanticisation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317457183
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/24/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	450
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Donald J. Raleigh, A.A. Iskenderov

Table of Contents

Emperor Peter I, 1682–1725; Empress Anna Ivanovna, 1730–1740; Empress Elizabeth I, 1741–1762; Emperor Peter III, 1762; Empress Catherine II, 1762–1796; Emperor Paul I, 1796–1801; Emperor Alexander I, 1801–1825; Emperor Nicholas I, 1825–1855; Emperor Alexander II, 1855–1881; Emperor Alexander III, 1881–1894; Emperor Nicholas II, 1894–1917