Peter the Great

The Struggle for Power, 1671–1725

By:

Paul Bushkovitch

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Paperback / softback

Series:

New Studies in European History

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A narrative of the fifty years of political struggles at the Russian court, 1671–1725. This book shows how Peter the Great was not the all-powerful tsar working alone to reform Russia, but that he colluded with powerful and contentious aristocrats in order to achieve his goals. After the early victory of Peter's boyar supporters in the 1690s, Peter turned against them and tried to rule through favourites - an experiment which ended in the establishment of a decentralized 'aristocratic' administration, followed by an equally aristocratic Senate in 1711. The aristocrats' hegemony came to an end in the wake of the affair of Peter's son, Tsarevich Aleksei, in 1718. After that moment Peter ruled through a complex group of favourites, a few aristocrats and appointees promoted through merit, and carried out his most long-lasting reforms. The outcome was a new balance of power at the centre and a new, European, conception of politics.

Author Biography:

Paul Bushkovitch has been Professor of History at Yale University since 1992, having taught there since 1975. His books include The Merchants of Moscow 1580-1650 (Cambridge UP, 1980) and Religion and Society in Russia: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Oxford UP, 1992).

Release date NZ

January 11th, 2007

Author

Paul Bushkovitch

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

500

Series

New Studies in European History

Dimensions

151x228x27

ISBN-13

9780521030670

Product ID

2356300

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