Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861

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Wiley, Feb 11, 2008 - History - 287 pages
Russia’s Age of Serfdom 1649-1861 offers a broad interpretive history of the Russian Empire from the time of serfdom’s codification until its abolition following the Crimean War.
  • Considers the institution of serfdom, official social categories, and Russia’s development as a country of peasants ruled by nobles, military commanders, and civil servants
  • Illuminates the reality of absolute monarchy in Russia, with special emphasis on the mobilization of human and material resources, the search for regular government, and the persistence of personal-moral forms of authority
  • Traces the emergence of modern Russian culture out of and alongside Orthodox religious culture

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Russian Absolute Monarchy 16491725
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Building a Service State 59509
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Muscovite Tradition and Petrine Cultural Revolution
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Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter is Professor of History at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. Her previous books include: From Serf to Russian Soldier (1990); Structures of Society: Imperial Russia’s “People of Various Ranks” (1994); Social Identity in Imperial Russia (1997); and The Play of Ideas in Russian Enlightenment Theater (2003).

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