The Making of Russian Absolutism, 1613-1801

Longman History of Russia

by Paul Dukes

Book by Dukes, P

Genres: History, Russia

197 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Paul Dukes was a historian at the University of Aberdeen, known for his work relating to Russia and Europe.

Reviews

[Abby]

I didn't take much away from this, to be honest, but I did like that the authors often commented on the presence of Scottish people in Russian history – the sentence "The second marriage of Tsar Alexis, it will also be recalled, was to Natalia Naryshkina, the daughter of a hitherto obscure noble family being brought up in the westernised household of Artamon Matveev, whose wife was descended from the Scottish family of Hamilton" makes me think of a pair of society ladies, perhaps ambassadors' wives, turning to each other at a ball as Natalia passes, and one of them saying "Oh, she's a Hamilton, you know."