Peter the Great : A Biography / Lindsey Hughes.
Peter the Great (1672-1725), tsar of Russia for forty-three years, was a dramatic, appealing, and unconventional character. This book provides a vivid sense of the dynamics of his life--both public and private--and his reign.Drawing on his letters and papers, as well as on other contemporary account...
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| Language: | English |
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on Transliteration, Dates and Monetary Units
- Romanov Family Tree
- Map
- I Growing Up 1672-89
- II Prelude to Greatness 1689-97
- III The Grand Embassy 1697-99
- IV War with Sweden 1700-8
- V From Poltava to Pruth 1709-11
- VI Peter in Europe 1712-17
- VII Father and Sons 1718-20
- VIII The Year of Nystad 1721
- IX Ranks and Regulations 1722-23
- X A Coronation and a Funeral 1724-25
- XI Legacy
- XII Commemorating Peter 1725-2002
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index.