Prince Michael Vorontsov : viceroy to the tsar / Anthony L.H. Rhinelander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhinelander, A. L. H. (Anthony Laurens Hamilton), 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vorontsov, Mikhail Semenovich, kniaz, 1782-1856.

Vorontsov, Mikhail Semenovich.

Colonial administrators--Soviet Union, Southern--Biography.

Colonial administrators.

Russia--Politics and government--1825-1855.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 279 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Prince Michael Vorontsov, Anthony Rhinelander describes Vorontsov's pragmatic approach within a bureaucracy of legendary inefficiency and corruption. In New Russia Vorontsov dealt with problems such as famine and disease and helped to keep serfdom and religious persecution out of his territory. In Caucasia he made the local administration more effective by appointing Caucasian officials who were far more sensitive to the area's particular problems than were their Russian predecessors. In fact, Vorontsov's Caucasian experience has relevance today it was recently suggested that present-day Soviet officials might have avoided some difficulty when dealing with Afghan rebels had they employed Vorontsov's tactics in handling armed guerillas. Rhinelander, whose extensive research included archival material available only in the Soviet Union, has written the first serious work on Vorontsov in English. Prince Michael Vorontsov will engage the interest and imagination of the general public and the historian.

Contents:

Contents Preface Plates and Maps Introduction PART ONE: THE TRAINING GROUND 1 Upbringing and Family Background 2 Active Military Service 3 Commanding the Occupation Army 4 Furlough PART TWO: NEW RUSSIA5 The Territory 6 Initiation 7 The Governor-General's Government 8 The Governor-General's Style 9 Garden of the Empire PART THREE: CAUCASIA 10 The Territory 11 The Viceroyship: Theory 12 The Viceroyship: Practice 13 The Viceroy Himself 14 Caucasian Civil Society PART FOUR: THE END OF A CAREER 15 End of Service 16 Retirement Abbreviations Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-274) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85159-4

9786612851599

0-7735-6240-0

OCLC:

929122029