The Russian empire, 1801-1917 [Eighteenth-century Russia. Political and social forces -- Russia as a great power -- The Alexandrine age. Reform and resistance -- War and peace -- The aftermath -- The gendarme of Europe. Government -- Social development -- Ideas and movements -- Foreign relations -- The tsar liberator. The great reforms -- From disenchantment to assassination -- Foreign policy -- The age of counter-reform. Government -- Social development -- Political movements -- Foreign policy -- From revolution to revolution. The days of liberty -- The age of Stolypin -- Foreign policy -- The end of the monarchy]

Oxford, Clarendon Press., 1967, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. xx, 813 p. maps. 23 cm ; National Library: 004161992 LCCN: 67-93682 ; LC: DK189; Dewey: 947/.08 ; OCLC: 407147 ; blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, labels ; thick volume ; Contents : Eighteenth-century Russia. Political and social forces -- Russia as a great power -- The Alexandrine age. Reform and resistance -- War and peace -- The aftermath -- The gendarme of Europe. Government -- Social development -- Ideas and movements -- Foreign relations -- The tsar liberator. The great reforms -- From disenchantment to assassination -- Foreign policy -- The age of counter-reform. Government -- Social development -- Political movements -- Foreign policy -- From revolution to revolution. The days of liberty -- The age of Stolypin -- Foreign policy -- The end of the monarchy. ; From the reign of Alexander I to the abdication of Nicholas II, this wide-ranging survey of Russian history follows the development of institutions, classes, political movements, and individuals and draws on a large body of documentary material and contemporary scholarship, making an important contribution to pre-revolutionary Russian studies. ; Hugh Seton-Watson was formerly at the University of London. ; VG.