An edition of Peter the Great (1969)

Peter the Great

2nd ed.

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An edition of Peter the Great (1969)

Peter the Great

2nd ed.

Peter the Great is one of the dominating personalities of early modern Europe. During his reign (1682/89-1725) Russia emerged from semi-Asiatic isolation on the remote fringes of the western world to become a great political and military power in her own right, and, for the first time, a principal actor on the European stage.

The study does full justice to Peter's extraordinary contribution to the development of Russia - his determination to westernize the country; to furnish it with the means of self-defence; to change drastically its religious and educational institutions; to give it a voice in European affairs; and to create a new capital city - Peter's "window on the West" - of unprecedented splendour.

The portrait of the Tsar that emerges is impressive but not attractive. Peter's energy and vision were matched by his brutality in public affairs, a lack of human affection in his private relationships, and the coarseness of his personal behaviour. The darker side of both man and monarch is fully acknowledged here.

Yet, when the failures and failings have been taken into account, and the accretions of historical myth-making stripped away, it remains a formidable life; and Matthew Anderson does it full justice in this admirable study.

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Longman
Language
English
Pages
234

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1978, Thames and Hudson
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1969, Historical Association
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index.
"First published 1978 by Thames and Hudson Limited"--T.p. verso.

Published in
London, New York
Series
Profiles in power, Profiles in power (London, England)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
947/.05/092, B
Library of Congress
DK131 .A49 1995, DK131.A49 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 234 p. :
Number of pages
234

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1118170M
Internet Archive
petergreat0000ande_g3i6
ISBN 10
0582084121, 0582084113
LCCN
94044378
OCLC/WorldCat
503374136
Library Thing
568260
Goodreads
4835485
1638146

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