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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©1993.
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| Series: | Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.