Russia under the Old Regime: Second Edition - Brossura

Pipes, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0140247688 ISBN 13: 9780140247688

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 1997

Riassunto

This study analyzes the evolution of the Russian state from the 9th century to the 1880s, and its unique role in managing Russian society. The development of Russia was different from that of the rest of Europe. The natural poverty of geographical conditions made it extremely difficult to construct an effective regime, and a "patrimonial" state arose in which the country was conceived as the personal property of the tsar. The book describes the evolution of this regime, and analyzes the political behaviour of the principal social groupings, peasantry, nobility, bourgeoisie and clergy, and accounts for their failure to stand up to the increasing absolutism of the tsar. Only the intelligentsia were able to make such a stand, and the book shows how in countering this challenge, Russia developed into a bureaucratic police state.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Richard Pipes is a historian of Russia, and since 1990, has been Baird Emeritus Professor of History at Harvard University. His other books include The Russian Revolution and Russia under the Bolshevik Regime.

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Book by Pipes Richard

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140247688
• ISBN 13: 9780140247688
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384