ISBN:
9780691123745
,
0691123748
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 491 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
New abridged one-volume paperback edition
Year of publication:
2006
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wortman, Richard, 1938 - Scenarios of Power
DDC:
394/.4/09470903
Keywords:
Russia Social life and customs 18th century
;
Russia Social life and customs 19th century
;
Russia Court and courtiers
;
Russia Kings and rulers
;
Russia Social life and customs
;
18th century
;
Russland
;
Monarchie
;
Zeremoniell
;
Repräsentation
;
Geschichte 1680-1917
Description / Table of Contents:
The European myth -- Signs of empire -- Peter the Great -- Olympian scenarios -- The education of princes and the deilemma of neoclassicism -- The Emperor Paul I -- The angel on the throne -- Nicholas I -- Epitomes of the nation -- Parents and son -- Alexandar II and the scenario of love -- The tsar-emancipator -- The crisis of autocracy -- A national myth -- The making of a Russian tsar -- The inauguration of a national myth -- The resurrection of Muscovy -- The life and death of a Russian tsar -- Nicholas II as heir and husband -- The accession and coronation of Nicholas II -- Demonstrations of godliness -- Nicholas II and the Revolution of 1905 -- Historical celebrations -- Nicholas II and World War I
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021463.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005021463-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005021463-b.html
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