Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671-1725

by Paul Bushkovitch

Book Overview

A narrative of the fifty years of political struggles at the Russian court, 1671-1725. This book shows how Peter the Great was not the all-powerful tsar working alone to reform Russia, but that he colluded with powerful and contentious aristocrats in order to achieve his goals. After the early victory of Peter's boyar supporters in the 1690s, Peter turned against them and tried to rule through favourites - an experiment which ended in the establishment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521805856
• ISBN13: 9780521805858
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"