Beschreibung:
This covers the history of Russia from the defeat of Napoleon to the eve of World War I. It is the first such work by a post-Soviet Russian scholar to appear in English. It examines the decay of the two central institutions of tsarist Russia: serfdom and autocracy; the major social groups and how they reacted to the Great Reforms.
Introduction; 1: On the Path to Reform; 2: "A Time of External Slavery and Internal Freedom"; 3: A Colossus with Feet of Clay; 4: The End of Serfdom; 5: The Great Reforms: Sources and Consequences; 6: Russia's Economy and Finances after the Emancipation of the Serfs; 7: The Opposition Movement in Post-Reform Russia: From "Thaw" to Regicide; 8: Russia and the World, 1856-1900; 9: Under the Banner of Unshakable Autocracy; 10: Nicholas II: A Policy of Contradictions; 11: Opposition and Revolution; 12: On the Eve of Great Changes; Conclusion