Catherine the Great and the Russian Nobilty: A Study Based on the Materials of the Legislative Commission of 1767

Dukes, Paul

ISBN 10: 0521084008 / ISBN 13: 9780521084000

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Catherine the Great and the Russian Nobilty: A Study Based on the Materials of the Legislative Commission of 1767
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521084008
• ISBN 13: 9780521084000
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Russian Society in the eighteenth century was dominated by the nobility. This class made large contribution to secular culture and played a role of vital importance in the government, the armed forces and the economic life of Russia. Dr Dukes has based his study on the materials of Catherine the Great's Legislative Commission of 1767. Despite the existence it print since the late nineteenth century of a vast amount of source material in the form of records of this Commission, it has been little explored by western historians. The author begins with a description of noble society before the Commission and of the general situation in Russia before the beginning of Catherine's reign. He constructs a clear, analytical picture of the attitude of the nobility to the chief questions of the day.

Book Description

Russian Society in the eighteenth century was dominated by the nobility. This class made large contribution to secular culture and played a role of vital importance in the government, the armed forces and the economic life of Russia. Dr Dukes has based his study on the materials of Catherine the Great's Legislative Commission of 1767.