Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671–1725 (New Studies in European History) - Hardcover

Bushkovitch, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521805856 ISBN 13: 9780521805858

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This book is a history of Russian politics during a fifty-year period that saw the transformation of Russia into a European monarchy by Peter the Great. Bushkovitch demonstrates that the interaction of the tsar and the ruling elite was at the core of Russian politics as Peter managed to largely master the contentious elite by a series of compromises, ultimately toward one that favored new men without excluding the aristocrats entirely. The outcome was a new balance of power at the center, and a new Europeanized culture.

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Book Description:

A history of Russian politics during a fifty-year period which saw the transformation of Russia into a more-or-less European monarchy by Peter the Great. It demonstrates that at the core of Russian politics was the interaction of the tsar and the ruling elite. Peter managed to largely master that contentious elite by a series of compromises, ultimately towards a compromise which favoured new men without excluding the aristocrats entirely. The outcome was new balance of power at the centre, and a new Europeanised culture.

About the Author:

Paul Bushkovitch has been Professor of History at Yale University since 1992, having taught there since 1975. His books include The Merchants of Moscow, 1580-1650 (Cambridge, 1980) and Religion and Society in Russia: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1992).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0521805856
• ISBN 13: 9780521805858
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 498