The Emperors and Empresses of Russia: Reconsidering the Romanovs

by Donald J. Raleigh, A.A. Iskenderov

Since glasnost began, Russia's most eminent historians have taken advantage of new archival access and the end of censorship and conformity to reassess and reinterpret their history. Through this process they are linking up with Russia's great historiographic tradition while producing work that is fresh and modern. In "The Emperors and Empresses of Russia", renowned Russian historians tell the story of the Romanovs as complex individual personalities and as key institutional actors in Russian history, from the empire builder Peter I to the last tsar, Nicholas II. These portraits are contributions to the writing of history, partaking neither of wooden ideologisation nor of naive romanticisation.

450 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Sharon · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was so hard to understand each Emperor or Empresses was written by a diffrent writer so it just confused me.

[Tara Brock · Rating 3 out of 5]

The fact that each Emperor or Empress was written by a different author made it a bit disjointed, but it was nice to be able to read more about the less famous ones. So overall, I was pleased.