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Author : Robert K. Massie
Publisher :
Release Date : 1982
ISBN 10 : 0349122814
Pages : 909 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (349 downloads)
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Author : Robert K. Massie
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2012-02-22
ISBN 10 : 9780307817235
Pages : 928 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (817 downloads)
Download Peter the Great: His Life and World PDF Format Full Free by Robert K. Massie and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • An “urgently readable” (Newsweek) biography of the captivating tsar who changed Russian history—from the New York Times bestselling author of Nicholas and Alexandra, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great “Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than most.”—The New York Times Book Review Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, crowned co-tsar at the age of ten. Robert K. Massie delves deep into his life, chronicling the pivotal events that shaped a boy into a legend—including his “incognito” travels in Europe, his unquenchable curiosity about Western ways, his obsession with the sea and establishment of the stupendous Russian navy, his creation of an unbeatable army, his transformation of Russia, and his relationships with those he loved most: Catherine, the robust yet gentle peasant, his loving mistress, wife, and successor; and Menshikov, the charming, bold, unscrupulous prince who rose to wealth and power through Peter’s friendship. Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life.
Author : Robert Kinloch Massie
Publisher :
Release Date : 1981
ISBN 10 : 0575029560
Pages : 909 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (575 downloads)
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Author : Robert K. Massie
Publisher : Head of Zeus
Release Date : 2012-07-17
ISBN 10 : 9781908800947
Pages : 656 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (8 downloads)
Download Catherine the Great PDF Format Full Free by Robert K. Massie and published by Head of Zeus. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one of the truly great female rulers in history by an award winning historian. The daughter of an impoverished aristocrat, Catherine was married aged 16 to Grand Duke Peter, heir to the throne of all the Russias, a feckless teenager with a weakness for drink. Catherine was only able to give him an heir by passing off her lover's son as his own. In 1762, Catherine rode out of St Petersburg at the head of an army to arrest her husband. Three months later she became sole empress of the largest empire on earth. She was 33 years old. She ruled Russia as a benevolent autocrat for 34 years,fighting the Turks abroad and rebellion at home, and shepherding her people through the upheavals of the French Revolution. She took on many lovers but gave her heart to General Potemkin, the foremost statesman of her time. She died in 1796 aged 67, revered by her people as 'our mother', praised by Voltaire as a philosopher, reviled by her enemies as the Messalina of the North and remembered in history as Catherine the Great. From this extraordinary life of great events, fabulous splendour and barbaric cruelty, Robert K. Massie has woven a thrilling narrative based on impeccable scholarship and a cinematic eye for detail.
Author : Alexander Dragomiroff
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Release Date : 2002
ISBN 10 : 1590331648
Pages : 168 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (59 downloads)
Download Russian Leaders PDF Format Full Free by Alexander Dragomiroff and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian Leaders A Bibliography With Indexes
Author : Elizabeth A. Brennan
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date : 1999
ISBN 10 : 1573561118
Pages : 666 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (573 downloads)
Download Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners PDF Format Full Free by Elizabeth A. Brennan and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List Pulitzer Prize winners in thirty-nine different categories, arranged chronologically, with biographical and career information, selected works, other awards, and a brief commentary, along with material on Pulitzer.
Author : Robert K. Massie
Publisher : Head of Zeus
Release Date : 2012-10-01
ISBN 10 : 9781908800978
Pages : 928 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (8 downloads)
Download Peter the Great PDF Format Full Free by Robert K. Massie and published by Head of Zeus. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, crowned at the age of 10. A barbarous, volatile feudal tsar with a taste for torture; a progressive and enlightened reformer of government and science; a statesman of vision and colossal significance: Peter the Great embodied the greatest strengths and weaknesses of Russia while being at the very forefront of her development. Robert K. Massie delves deep into the life of this captivating historical figure, chronicling the pivotal events that shaped a boy into a legend – including his 'incognito' travels in Europe, his unquenchable curiosity about Western ways, his obsession with the sea and establishment of the stupendous Russian navy, his creation of an unbeatable army, and his relationships with those he loved most: Catherine, his loving mistress, wife, and successor; and Menshikov, the charming, unscrupulous prince who rose to power through Peter's friendship. Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life.
Author : Frank N. Magill
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
ISBN 10 : 9781135924140
Pages : 1534 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (924 downloads)
Download The 17th and 18th Centuries PDF Format Full Free by Frank N. Magill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 1534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.
Author : Walter G. Moss
Publisher : Anthem Press
Release Date : 2003-07-01
ISBN 10 : 9781843310235
Pages : 654 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (31 downloads)
Download A History of Russia Volume 1 PDF Format Full Free by Walter G. Moss and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition retains the features of the first edition that made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss’s accessible history includes full treatment of everyday life, the role of women, rural life, law, religion, literature and art. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful with both professors and students, including: a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical perspectives, numerous illustrations and maps that supplement and amplify the text, fully updated bibliographies accompanying each chapter as well as a general bibliography of more comprehensive works, a glossary, and chronological and genealogical lists. Moss’s A History of Russia will appeal to academics, students and general readers alike.
Author : Rosina Beckman
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release Date : 2018-07-01
ISBN 10 : 9781538301845
Pages : 128 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (31 downloads)
Download The History of Russia to 1801 PDF Format Full Free by Rosina Beckman and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To truly understand today's Russia, it is important to look back through the centuries to the figures, events, and neighboring cultures that have shaped it into what it is today. Starting with the rise of the Rus in the first millennium, this book traces the first thousand or so years of Russian history. The rise and fall of Kiev as the Rus center, the Novgorod Republic, the Mongol Invasion, the rise of first Rurikid and then Romanov Muscovy, and the indelible influences of Peter I and Catherine II, both of whom earned the moniker "the Great" are all covered.
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Release Date : 1989
ISBN 10 : STANFORD:36105081986429
Pages : 383 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
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Author : Pamela Davidson
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2000
ISBN 10 : 1571817581
Pages : 530 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (571 downloads)
Download Russian Literature and Its Demons PDF Format Full Free by Pamela Davidson and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merezhkovsky's bold claim that "all Russian literature is, to a certain degree, a struggle with the temptation of demonism" is undoubtedly justified. And yet, despite its evident centrality to Russian culture, the unique and fascinating phenomenon of Russian literary demonism has so far received little critical attention. This substantial collection fills the gap. A comprehensive analytical introduction by the editor is follwed by a series of fourteen essays, written by eminent scholars in their fields. The first part explores the main shaping contexts of literary demonism: the Russian Orthodox and folk tradition, the demonization of historical figures, and views of art as intrinsically demonic. The second part traces the development of a literary tradition of demonism in the works of authors ranging from Pushkin and Lermontov, Gogol and Dostoevsky, through to the poets and prose writers of modernism (including Blok, Akhmatova, Bely, Sologub, Rozanov, Zamiatin), and through to the end of the 20th century.
Author : Simon Dixon
Publisher : MHRA
Release Date : 2010
ISBN 10 : 9781907322037
Pages : 435 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (322 downloads)
Download Personality and Place in Russian Culture PDF Format Full Free by Simon Dixon and published by MHRA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lindsey Hughes (1949-2007) made her reputation as one of the foremost historians of the age of Peter the Great by revealing the more freakish aspects of the tsar's complex mind and reconstructing the various physical environments in which he lived. Contributors to Personality and Place in Russian Culture were encouraged to develop any of the approaches featured in Hughes's work: pointillist and panoramic, playful and morbid, quotidian and bizarre. The result is a rich and original collection, ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day, in which a group of leading international scholars explore the role of the individual in Russian culture, the myriad variety of individual lives, and the changing meanings invested in particular places. The editor, Simon Dixon, is Sir Bernard Pares Professor of Russian History at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies.
Author : J. Paxton
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2000-11-17
ISBN 10 : 9780230598720
Pages : 257 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (598 downloads)
Download Imperial Russia PDF Format Full Free by J. Paxton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-11-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imperial Russia provides an accessible reference tool for students, researchers, historians and Russian history enthusiasts. It covers the period from Ivan IV to the death of Nicholas II. There are chronologies for each of the reigns and the handbook covers important political and administrative changes, the influence of the West, religion, serfdom, and economic progress. Wars and international relations are succinctly explained as is the rise of radicalism and the revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Other sections deal with education, the arts, law, press and censorship. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Soviet and East European history.
Author : Tina Frolund
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2013-10-21
ISBN 10 : 9781610694322
Pages : 195 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (694 downloads)
Download Read On...History PDF Format Full Free by Tina Frolund and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make history come alive! This book helps librarians and teachers as well as readers themselves find books they will enjoy—titles that will animate and explain the past, entertain, and expand their minds.
Author : Abbott Gleason
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-01-28
ISBN 10 : 9781118730003
Pages : 568 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (73 downloads)
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Author : Arthur C. Hasiotis, Ph.D.
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2018-02-22
ISBN 10 : 9781480944039
Pages : 476 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (944 downloads)
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