Scenarios of Power
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A Life for the Tsar
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Alexander Mosolov
Alexander Shuvalov
Alexis of Russia
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Autocracy
Avvakum
Battle of Kulikovo
Boris Godunov
Brusilov Offensive
Canonization
Canonization of Joan of Arc
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Catherine the Great
Christian Order
Constantine's Sword
Coronation
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Ernest Gellner
Franco-Russian Alliance
Frederick the Great
French invasion of Russia
George Dawe
Grand duke
Holy Alliance
Holy Rus
Holy Synod
House of Romanov
Imperialism
Ivan Goremykin
Leo Tolstoy
Line of succession to the former Russian throne
Majesty
Marquis de Custine
Mikhail Kutuzov
Monarchy
Morganatic marriage
Nakaz
Napoleon III
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nobility
Octobrist
Old Believers
Olga of Kiev
Pan-Slavism
Partitions of Poland
Paul I of Russia
Peasant
Peredvizhniki
Potemkin village
Procession
Progressive Bloc (Russia)
Pugachev's Rebellion
Religion
Revolution of 1905
Ridicule
Russian culture
Russians
Russification
Sergei Witte
Servitor
The Fatherland
Treaty of San Stefano
Tsar
Union of the Russian People
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Vladimir Sukhomlinov
Vyborg Manifesto
Warfare
Westernizer
Zemstvo
Product details
- ISBN 9780691123745
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 26 Mar 2006
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This new and abridged edition of Scenarios of Power is a concise version of Richard Wortman's award-winning study of Russian monarchy from the seventeenth century until 1917. The author breaks new ground by showing how imperial ceremony and imagery were not simply displays of the majesty of the sovereign and his entourage, but also instruments central to the exercise of absolute power in a multinational empire. In developing this interpretation, Wortman presents vivid descriptions of coronations, funerals, parades, trips through the realm, and historical celebrations and reveals how these ceremonies were constructed or reconstructed to fit the political and cultural narratives in the lives and reigns of successive tsars. He describes the upbringing of the heirs as well as their roles in these narratives and relates their experiences to the persistence of absolute monarchy in Russia long after its demise in Europe.
Richard S. Wortman is Bryce Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies at Columbia University.
