In the Vanguard of Reform: Russia's Enlightened Bureaucrats, 1825-1861

by W. Bruce Lincoln

Book Overview

The first decade of Alexander II's reign is known in Russian history as the Era of the Great Reforms, a time recognized as the major period of social, economic, and institutional transformation between the reign of Peter the Great and the Revolution of 1905. Coming directly after the notoriously repressive last decade of the Nicholas era, the appearance of such dramatic reform has led scholars to seek its causes in dramatic events. Surely some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875805361
• ISBN13: 9780875805368
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher