Russia in the Age of Peter the Great

Named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 1998 by the "Los Angeles Times Book Review, " this magisterial volume is a history of Peter the Great and the Russia he governed.

List of Illustrations

xi

Preface

xii

Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, Weights and Measures

xvi

Romanov Family Tree

xxi

Reign of Peter I: Chronology of Events

xxii

The Petrine Year

xxix

Map

xxx

Beginnings

1

(20)

Russia in 1672

1

(7)

Sophia: The 168os

8

(3)

The Making of a Sovereign: The 169os

11

(10)

Russia and the World: 1696---1725

21

(42)

From Azov to the Grand Embassy: 1696--1698

22

(4)

The Great Northern War: From Narva to Poltava, 1700--1709

26

(12)

Poltava: 27 June 1709

38

(3)

Battle for the Baltic: 1709--1710

41

(4)

War with Turkey. The Pruth Campaign and the Treaty of Adrianople: 1711--1713

45

(5)

From Pruth to Nystad: 1711--1721

50

(7)

The Persian Campaign: 1722--1723

57

(2)

Summary: Russia and the World in 1725

59

(4)

The Russian Military Machine

63

(29)

War and Reform

63

(2)

Recruitment

65

(6)

Supplying the Troops

71

(3)

Training, Welfare and Ethos

74

(5)

Central Command

79

(1)

The Navy

80

(9)

Conclusion

89

(3)

Government

92

(43)

Monarch and Mock Sovereigns

92

(8)

Central Government: From Boyar Council to Senate

100

(5)

From Prikazy to Kollegii

105

(7)

Peter's Cabinet

112

(1)

Provincial and Municipal Government

113

(8)

Law and Order

121

(11)

Conclusion

132

(3)

The Economy

135

(24)

Taxation and the State Budget

135

(7)

Financial Administration and Coinage

142

(2)

Wages and Prices

144

(1)

Trade

145

(5)

Industry and Mining

150

(4)

Russian Capitalism and Mercantilism

154

(5)

Peter's People

159

(44)

Orders of Society

159

(1)

Peasants and Workers

160

(12)

Nobles

172

(8)

The Table of Ranks

180

(6)

Women: From Boiaryni to Damy

186

(17)

St Petersburg and the Arts

203

(45)

From Moscow to St Petersburg

203

(7)

Peter's Paradise

210

(14)

Architecture

224

(4)

The Figurative Arts

228

(12)

Theatre and Music

240

(8)

The Petrine Court

248

(50)

Introduction

248

(1)

The All-Drunken Assembly and the Mock Court

249

(8)

Dwarfs and Giants

257

(3)

Weddings, Coronations and Funerals

260

(4)

Drinking, Assemblies and Popular Entertainments

264

(6)

The Court Calendar

270

(10)

Dress and Hair Codes

280

(8)

Manners and Behaviour

288

(10)

Education and Learning

298

(34)

Russia and the West

298

(1)

Schools

299

(10)

Science and Learning

309

(7)

Books and Readers

316

(10)

Literature and Language

326

(4)

Conclusion

330

(2)

Religion

332

(25)

The Religious Inheritance

332

(3)

The 1690s: Prelude to Reform

335

(2)

Church Administration, 1700--1725

337

(6)

The Service Clergy

343

(5)

Religious Life and Culture

348

(3)

Religion and Empire

351

(3)

Dissidence

354

(1)

Conclusion

355

(2)

Peter: Man, Mind and Methods

357

(33)

A Man of Simple Tastes

357

(6)

Disguises and Pseudonyms

363

(3)

Hobbies and Interests

366

(5)

Cruelty and Compassion

371

(4)

Religious Beliefs

375

(3)

Ruling Russia: The Common Good

378

(12)

Family Factors

390

(26)

Mother and Sisters

390

(3)

Peter's Two Wives: Evdokia and Catherine

393

(6)

Sons and Daughters

399

(3)

Alexis

402

(9)

The Younger Generation Marries

411

(5)

Friends and Helpers

416

(29)

`His Own Unaided Rule'

416

(1)

Old Networks

417

(8)

`New Men'

425

(7)

Menshikov

432

(9)

Power Networks and Pecking Orders

441

(4)

Responses

445

(26)

Death

445

(2)

Opposition

447

(15)

The Legacy

462

(9)

Notes

471

(93)

Bibliography

564

(22)

Index

586

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