1837: Russia's Quiet Revolution

by Paul Werth and Paul W. Werth

Historians often think of Russia before the 1860s in terms of conservative stasis, when the "gendarme of Europe" secured order beyond the country's borders and entrenched the autocratic system at home. This book offers a profoundly different vision of Russia under Nicholas I. Drawing on an extensive array of sources, it reveals that many of modern Russia's most distinctive and outstanding features can be traced back to an inconspicuous but exceptional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198826354
• ISBN13: 9780198826354
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"