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- catalog abstract "Peter the Great is one of the dominating personalities of early modern Europe. During his reign (1682/89-1725) Russia emerged from semi-Asiatic isolation on the remote fringes of the western world to become a great political and military power in her own right, and, for the first time, a principal actor on the European stage. The study does full justice to Peter's extraordinary contribution to the development of Russia - his determination to westernize the country; to furnish it with the means of self-defence; to change drastically its religious and educational institutions; to give it a voice in European affairs; and to create a new capital city - Peter's "window on the West"--Of unprecedented splendour. The portrait of the Tsar that emerges is impressive but not attractive. Peter's energy and vision were matched by his brutality in public affairs, a lack of human affection in his private relationships, and the coarseness of his personal behaviour. The darker side of both man and monarch is fully acknowledged here. Yet, when the failures and failings have been taken into account, and the accretions of historical myth-making stripped away, it remains a formidable life; and Matthew Anderson does it full justice in this admirable study.".
- catalog contributor b8260384.
- catalog coverage "Russia History Peter I, 1689-1725.".
- catalog coverage "Russia Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Russia before Peter: Modernization and Resistance -- Ch. 2. The Young Tsar -- Ch. 3. The First Initiatives: the Capture of Azov and the 'Great Embassy' to the West -- Ch. 4. Emergence into Europe: the Great Northern War. Disaster and triumph: from Narva to Poltava, 1700-9. New opportunities and new difficulties, 1709-17. Peace at last, 1717-21. Russia as a great power -- Ch. 5. A New State and Society? The Army and Navy. Economic life and social stress. Religion and the Church. Intellectual and cultural life. The administration and the administered -- Ch. 6. Opposition and its Repression: the Tsarevich Alexis -- Ch. 7. Peter the Man: Character and Personality -- Ch. 8. 'The Greatest Monarch of our Age': Peter's Place in History.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index.".
- catalog description "Peter the Great is one of the dominating personalities of early modern Europe. During his reign (1682/89-1725) Russia emerged from semi-Asiatic isolation on the remote fringes of the western world to become a great political and military power in her own right, and, for the first time, a principal actor on the European stage. The study does full justice to Peter's extraordinary contribution to the development of Russia - his determination to westernize the country; to furnish it with the means of self-defence; to change drastically its religious and educational institutions; to give it a voice in European affairs; and to create a new capital city - Peter's "window on the West"--Of unprecedented splendour.".
- catalog description "The portrait of the Tsar that emerges is impressive but not attractive. Peter's energy and vision were matched by his brutality in public affairs, a lack of human affection in his private relationships, and the coarseness of his personal behaviour. The darker side of both man and monarch is fully acknowledged here. Yet, when the failures and failings have been taken into account, and the accretions of historical myth-making stripped away, it remains a formidable life; and Matthew Anderson does it full justice in this admirable study.".
- catalog extent "ix, 234 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Peter the Great.".
- catalog identifier "0582084113 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0582084121".
- catalog isFormatOf "Peter the Great.".
- catalog isPartOf "Profiles in power (London, England)".
- catalog isPartOf "Profiles in power".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Longman,".
- catalog relation "Peter the Great.".
- catalog spatial "Russia History Peter I, 1689-1725.".
- catalog spatial "Russia Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog subject "947/.05/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "DK131 .A49 1995".
- catalog subject "Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Russia before Peter: Modernization and Resistance -- Ch. 2. The Young Tsar -- Ch. 3. The First Initiatives: the Capture of Azov and the 'Great Embassy' to the West -- Ch. 4. Emergence into Europe: the Great Northern War. Disaster and triumph: from Narva to Poltava, 1700-9. New opportunities and new difficulties, 1709-17. Peace at last, 1717-21. Russia as a great power -- Ch. 5. A New State and Society? The Army and Navy. Economic life and social stress. Religion and the Church. Intellectual and cultural life. The administration and the administered -- Ch. 6. Opposition and its Repression: the Tsarevich Alexis -- Ch. 7. Peter the Man: Character and Personality -- Ch. 8. 'The Greatest Monarch of our Age': Peter's Place in History.".
- catalog title "Peter the Great / M.S. Anderson.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".