Catherine the Great : a short history /

An account of the events of Catherine's life and of the achievements of her reign. Topics include governmental, financial and administrative reforms and her foreign policy. Attention is paid to historical controversies over the interpretation of her policies and to the historiography on the per...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madariaga, Isabel de, 1919-2014
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990.
Temas:
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796.
Catherine > II, > impératrice de Russie, > 1729-1796.
Katharina (Russland, Zarin, II.)
1729-1796
Empresses > Russia > Biography.
Impératrices > Russie > Biographies.
Rois et souverains > Russie > Biographies.
HISTORY.
Empresses.
Russia (Federation) > History > Catherine II, 1729-1796.
Russia > History > Catherine II, 1762-1796.
Russie > Histoire > 1762-1796 (Catherine II)
Russia.
Russia (Federation)
Monarchs
Russia
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Catherine seizes power in the Russian empire
  • Russian society in 1762
  • Catherine's first years
  • The first Turkish War
  • The crisis of the 1770s
  • The reform of local administration and of the legal system
  • The armed neutrality and the annexation of Crimea
  • Catherine's influence on Russian cultural life
  • Catherine's educational policy
  • Catherine's social policy
  • How Catherine governed
  • How the people lived
  • The war with Turkey and Sweden, and the destruction of Poland
  • Catherine's economic policy
  • Catherine and the French Revolution
  • Catherine as woman and ruler
  • Bibliographical note
  • Glossary
  • Weights and measures
  • Genealogical table
  • Administrative charts
  • Maps
  • Index.

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