Portraits of Old Russia

ISBN 10: 0765627299 / ISBN 13: 9780765627292

Published by Routledge, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Portraits of Old Russia
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765627299
• ISBN 13: 9780765627292
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

This book introduces readers to a little-known place and time in world history – early modern Russia, from its beginnings as Muscovy, in the fourteenth century, through the reign of Peter I (1689-1725) – by portraying the lives of representative individuals from the major levels of the society of that era. The portraits, written by professional historians, are imaginative reconstructions or composites of individual lives, rather than biographies. The portraits are arranged into socio-political categories, and include members of ruling families, government servitors, clerks, military personnel, church prelates, monks, provincial landowners, townspeople and artisans, Siberian explorers and traders, free peasants, serfs, slaves and holy fools. Using these portraits, the book brings old Russian society to life in an interesting way.

About the Author

Donald Ostrowski, Marshall T. Poe