Peter the Great and the Modern Church of Russia

Peter the Great and the Modern Church of Russia

Author: Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing

ISBN: 1425353088

Category: Church and state

Page: 48

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Peter the Great and the Modern Church of Russia
Language: en
Pages: 48

Peter the Great and the Modern Church of Russia

Authors: Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Categories: Church and state
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-12-01 - Publisher: Kessinger Publishing

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
Peter the Great: His Life and World
Language: en
Pages: 928

Peter the Great: His Life and World

Authors: Robert K. Massie
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-22 - Publisher: Random House

From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Robert K. Massie—also available are Nicholas and Alexandra and The Romanovs Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, crowned co-tsar at the age of ten. The
Peter the Great
Language: en
Pages: 174

Peter the Great

Authors: Paul Bushkovitch
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-14 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Centuries after he ruled Russia from 1689 to 1725, Peter the Great remains one of the most revered and enigmatic leaders in world history. Now in a new edition, this penetrating study by noted Yale historian Paul Bushkovitch casts new light on Peter and his times, and demonstrates why it
The Revolution of Peter the Great
Language: en
Pages: 240

The Revolution of Peter the Great

Authors: James CRACRAFT, James Cracraft
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

Many books chronicle the remarkable life of Russian tsar Peter the Great, but none analyze how his famous reforms actually took root and spread in Russia. By century's end, Russia was poised to play a critical role in the Napoleonic wars and boasted an elite culture about to burst into
The Reforms of Peter the Great
Language: en
Pages: 327

The Reforms of Peter the Great

Authors: Evgeniĭ Viktorovich Anisimov
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

This exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth-century tsar-reformer develops an important theme. What happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human emancipation? What was the price of power - for Russia,