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Russia Under the Old Regime (Penguin History) Book

This study analyzes the evolution of the Russian state from the 9th century to the 1880s, and its unique role in managing Russian society. The development of Russia was different from that of the rest of Europe. The natural poverty of geographical conditions made it extremely difficult to construct an effective regime, and a "patrimonial" state arose in which the country was conceived as the personal property of the tsar. The book describes the evolution of this regime, and analyzes the political behaviour of the principal social groupings, peasantry, nobility, bourgeoisie and clergy, and accounts for their failure to stand up to the increasing absolutism of the tsar. Only the intelligentsia were able to make such a stand, and the book shows how in countering this challenge, Russia developed into a bureaucratic police state.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    Newly revised for this edition, Richard Pipes's highly acclaimed study analyses the evolution of the Russian state from the ninth century to the 1880s and its unique role in managing Russian society. The harsh geographical conditions and sheer...

  • ASDA

    Analyzes the evolution of the Russian state from the 9th century to the 1880s. It describes the patrimonial state and analyzes the failure of the peasantry nobility middle-class and clergy to stand up to the increasing absolutism of the tsar.

  • 0140247688
  • 9780140247688
  • Richard Pipes
  • 31 August 1995
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 384
  • 2nd Revised edition
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