Reform and regicide : the reign of Peter III of Russia /
The victim of a coup engineered by his wife, the future Catherine the Great, who portrayed him as "a libertine, a halfwit, and a drunkard whose contempt for ordinary decency and for his country made imperative his removal," Emperor Peter III has received short shrift from Russian and Weste...
| Основен автор: | Leonard, Carol Scott, 1945- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
℗♭1993.
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| Серия: |
Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=23196 |
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Reform and regicide. |
Съдържание:
- Origins of reform
- Emancipation of the Russian nobility
- Secularization of the ecclesiastical estates
- National revenues
- Foreign policy
- Why the coup?
- Conclusion: Russian autocracy at mid-century.