Nicholas II (Emperor of Russia)'s Books

Russian Identities

A Historical Survey

By: Nicholas V. Riasanovsky

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Russian Identities

A Historical Survey

By: Nicholas V. Riasanovsky

This book investigates the question of Russian identity, looking at changes and continues over a huge territory, many centuries, and a variety of political, social, and economic structures. Its main emphases are on the struggle against the steppe peoples, Orthodox Christianity, autocratic monarchy, and Westernization.

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Oxford University Press

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0190288817

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9780190288815

Nicholas I and Official Nationality in Russia 1825 - 1855

By: Nicholas V. Riasanovsky

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Nicholas I and Official Nationality in Russia 1825 - 1855

By: Nicholas V. Riasanovsky

Nicholas I and Official Nationality in Russia, 1825 - 1855 developed from a much more modest interest in Uvarov's doctrine of "Orthodoxy, autocracy, and nationality." During the author's study of the Slavophiles in particular, he became increasing aware of the paucity of our knowledge of this so-called Official Nationality frequently combined with a deprecating attitude toward it. Unable to find a satisfactory analysis of the subject, the author proceeded to write his own. This book largely organized itself: an exposition and discussion of the ideology naturally occupied the central position, preceded by a brief treatment of its proponents. But Official Nationality reached beyond intellectual circles, lectures and books; indeed, for thirty years it ruled Russia. Therefore, the author found it necessary to write a chapter on the emperor who, in effect, personally dominated and governed the country throughout his reign; to add a section on the imperial family, the ministers, and some other high officials to an account of the intellectuals who supported the state; and to sketch the application of Official Nationalty both in home affairs and in foreign policy. In this manner this title is able to bring the state doctrine and its role in Russian history into proper focus. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969. Nicholas I and Official Nationality in Russia, 1825 - 1855 developed from a much more modest interest in Uvarov's doctrine of "Orthodoxy, autocracy, and nationality." During the author's study of the Slavophiles in particular, he became increasing aware o

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0520341449

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9780520341449

The Image of Peter the Great in Russian History and Thought

By: Nicholas Valentine Riasanovsky

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The Image of Peter the Great in Russian History and Thought

By: Nicholas Valentine Riasanovsky

The image of Peter the Great casts a long shadow in modern Russian thought and culture. As important to modern Russia as the French Revolution is to France and the Reformation is to Germany, the image of this militaristic ruler, founder of St Petersburg, and czar of all Russia from 1689-1725 has been central to Russian history, literature, and art since the early 1700s.; Riasanovsky, one of the foremost historians of Russia, traces the development of this image from 1700 to the present. Drawing examples from Russian historical accounts, literature, folklore, and the arts, he shows how the use of the image of Peter has reflected the changing cultural and political values of the Russian people.

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346

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Oxford University Press

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0195360613

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9780195360615

Soviet Communists and Russian History

A Frame in Time

By: Nicholas V. Feodoroff

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Soviet Communists and Russian History

A Frame in Time

By: Nicholas V. Feodoroff

Short chapters, some of only 1-2 pages, describe key figures in Imperial Russia and the Russian Revolution, with a view to warning general readers about the deceptive character of past and present communist leaders. Sketches the lives of figures including Tolstoy, Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, and Gorbachev, and overviews related areas including terrorism, the environment, the American and Soviet presses, religion, and the acquisition of Siberia by Russia. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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150

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Nova Publishers

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1560724072

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9781560724070

Heretics and Colonizers

Forging Russia's Empire in the South Caucasus

By: Nicholas B. Breyfogle

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Heretics and Colonizers

Forging Russia's Empire in the South Caucasus

By: Nicholas B. Breyfogle

In Heretics and Colonizers, Nicholas B. Breyfogle explores the dynamic intersection of Russian borderland colonization and popular religious culture. He reconstructs the story of the religious sectarians (Dukhobors, Molokans, and Subbotniks) who settled, either voluntarily or by force, in the newly conquered lands of Transcaucasia in the nineteenth century. By ordering this migration in 1830, Nicholas I attempted at once to cleanse Russian Orthodoxy of heresies and to populate the newly annexed lands with ethnic Slavs who would shoulder the burden of imperial construction. Breyfogle focuses throughout on the lives of the peasant settlers, their interactions with the peoples and environment of the South Caucasus, and their evolving relations with Russian state power. He draws on a wide variety of archival sources, including a large collection of previously unexamined letters, memoirs, and other documents produced by the sectarians that allow him unprecedented insight into the experiences of colonization and religious life. Although the settlers suffered greatly in their early years in hostile surroundings, they in time proved to be not only model Russian colonists but also among the most prosperous of the Empire's peasants. Banished to the empire's periphery, the sectarians ironically came to play indispensable roles in the tsarist imperial agenda. The book culminates with the dramatic events of the Dukhobor pacifist rebellion, a movement that shocked the tsarist government and received international attention. In the early twentieth century, as the Russian state sought to replace the sectarians with Orthodox settlers, thousands of Molokans and Dukhobors immigrated to North America, where their descendants remain to this day

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372

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Cornell University Press

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0801463564

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9780801463563

An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction

Introduction to a Culture

By: Nicholas Rzhevsky

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An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction

Introduction to a Culture

By: Nicholas Rzhevsky

Russia has a rich, huge, unwieldy cultural tradition. How to grasp it? This classroom reader is designed to respond to that problem. The literary works selected for inclusion in this anthology introduce the core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theatre, Mousorgsky's operas, Prokofiev's symphonies, Fokine's choreography and Kandinsky's paintings. This material is supported by introductions, helpful annotations and bibliographies of resources in all media. The reader is intended for use in courses in Russian literature, culture and civilisation, as well as comparative literature.

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566

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Routledge

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1317476867

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9781317476863

Russian Imperialism and Naval Power

Military Strategy and the Build-up to the Russo-Japanese War

By: Nicholas Papastratigakis

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Russian Imperialism and Naval Power

Military Strategy and the Build-up to the Russo-Japanese War

By: Nicholas Papastratigakis

From 1904-1905, Russia and Japan were locked in conflict arising from rival imperial ambitions in the Far East. Nicholas Papastratigakis offers an integrated analysis of Russian naval strategy in the decade before this Russo-Japanese War, in which the Russians suffered catastrophic defeat. He seeks to determine the extent to which their defeat can be attributed to flawed Tsarist naval strategy in the region. Rooted in rich primary resources from Russian, French and British archives, the book sheds new light on Russia's conduct in international affairs in the pre-World War I era. He places Russian naval strategy in the broader context of Russian military strategy at the turn of the century, and of imperialism and 'navalism' in general. This book will be of enormous interest to scholars and students of naval, military, imperial and Russian history.

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