The Romanov empire, 1613-1917 : autocracy and opposition / Alan Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Alan, 1943-

Series:

Brief histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanov, House of.

Russia--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Russia.

Kings and rulers.

Russia--History--1613-1917.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 425 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The Romanov dynasty which ruled Russia for over 300 years was born in 1613 during an era of intense civil strife with the coronation of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov; and then destroyed in the revolutionary turmoil of 1917. In the intervening three centuries the relatively small, land-locked kingdom of Muscovy grew into the world's largest land empire, but what was the cause of its downfall? This book discusses the turbulent relationship between the autocratic tsarist government, the forces of popular rebellion and intellectual dissent. As the imperial system of government gained power its political, social and economic policies generated seeds of opposition that eventually led to its destruction.

This book is a modern account of the Romanov Empire from its inception to its demise. It combines a fascinating study of the personalities and policies of individual autocrats such as Peter the Great, with an examination of the myriad challenges to the imperial state they governed and misgoverned. Written by one of the leading experts on Russian history, this text provides the reader with a clear analysis of this long and complicated period.

Contents:

Order of succession to the Romanov throne, 1613-1894 xvi

1 Land and peoples 1

2 Kievan, Mongol and early Muscovite Russia 31

3 The early Romanovs, 1613-1682 63

4 The age of Peter the Great, 1682-1725 91

5 The period of palace revolutions, 1725-1762 125

6 The age of Catherine the Great, 1762-1796 147

7 Paul, Alexander I and the Decembrists, 1796-1825 189

8 The Nikolaevshchina, 1825-1855 219

9 Reform, revolutionary populism and regicide, 1855-1881 253

10 Reaction, industrialisation and Russian Marxism, 1881-1904 289

11 1905 and the sham constitution, 1904-1914 317

12 War, revolution and the end of the Romanovs, 1914-1917 343.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-414) and index.

ISBN:

9780340761885

0340761881

OCLC:

85689638