Russia in the Age of Peter the Great

by Lindsey Hughes

• ISBN13: 9780300082661
• ISBN10: 0300082665
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-03-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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