The Cambridge History of Russia, Vol 2

The Cambridge History of Russia #2

by Dominic Lieven (Editor)

Imperial Russia 1689-1917
part i
EMPIRE
1 · Russia as empire and periphery 9
dominic lieven
2 · Managing empire: tsarist nationalities policy 27
theodore r. weeks
3 · Geographies of imperial identity 45
mark bassin
part ii
CULTURE, IDEAS, IDENTITTIES
4 · Russian culture in the eighteenth century 67
lindsey hughes
v
Contents
5 · Russian culture: 1801–1917 92
rosamund bartlett
6 · Russian political thought: 1700–1917 116
gary m. hamburg
7 · Russia and the legacy of 1812 145
alexander m. martin
part iii
NON-RUSSIAN NATIONALITIES
8 · Ukrainians and Poles 165
timothy snyder
9 · Jews 184
benjamin nathans
10 · Islam in the Russian Empire 202
vladimir bobrovnikov
part iv
RUSSIAN SOCIETY, LAW AND ECONOMY
11 · The elites 227
dominic lieven
12 · The groups between: raznochintsy, intelligentsia, professionals 245
elise kimerling wirtschafter
13 · Nizhnii Novgorod in the nineteenth century: portrait of a city 264
catherine evtuhov
14 · Russian Orthodoxy: Church, people and politics in Imperial Russia 284
gregory l. freeze
15 · Women, the family and public life 306
barbara alpern engel
vi
Contents
16 · Gender and the legal order in Imperial Russia 326
michelle lamarche marrese
17 · Law, the judicial system and the legal profession 344
jorg baberowski
18 · Peasants and agriculture 369
david moon
19 · The Russian economy and banking system 394
boris ananich
part v
GOVERNMENT
20 · Central government 429
zhand p. shakibi
21 · Provincial and local government 449
janet m. hartley
22 · State finances 468
peter waldron
part vi
FOREIGN POLICY AND THE ARMED FORCES
23 · Peter the Great and the NorthernWar 489
paul bushkovitch
24 · Russian foreign policy, 1725–1815 5 04
hugh ragsdale
25 · The imperial army 5 30
william c. fuller, jr
26 · Russian foreign policy, 1815–1917 5 5 4
david schimmelpenninck van der oye
vii
Contents
27 · The navy in 1900: imperialism, technology and class war 5 75
nikolai afonin
part vii
REFORM, WAR AND REVOLUTION
28 · The reign of Alexander II: a watershed? 5 93
larisa zakharova
29 · Russian workers and revolution 61 7
reginald e. zelnik
30 · Police and revolutionaries 637
jonathan w. daly
31 · War and revolution, 1914–1917 65 5
eric lohr
Bibliography 670
Index 71 1

Genres: History, Russia, Russian History, Nonfiction, 19th Century, 18th Century

806 pages, Hardcover

First published January 6, 1

About the author

Dominic Lieven is Professor of Russian studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Fellow of the British Academy and of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Reviews

[Rob Western · Rating 5 out of 5]

A solid historical overview of imperial Russia.

As Lieven suggests, you probably won’t read it cover to cover, but will instead read the chapters that interest you/will help your research.

But as an introduction it is as good as you will find.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm coming at Volume 1 and 2 of this set from a 'Big History' perspective - that is, I'm interested in how the geographical unit of modern day Russia evolved economically, culturally, and politically over time, prior to the Soviet era. And yet at the same time I'm also interested in the minutiae of these phenomena.

And that's what the Cambridge Histories do so well - they're both extensive AND comprehensive. So you get a good look at the big picture, but also the finer details of those larger elements. The end result is that while reading almost any instance of a Cambridge history you come away with a much greater understanding of the subject than you had going in.

While reading this specific edition I can't pick out much that differs from the other Cambridge histories I've read, except for the subject matter itself. So generally, if you want a great overview of the period / geographical area, and can get your hands on a copy it will definitely be worth your time.