Daily Life in Imperial Russia (Daily Life Through History Series)

by Greta Bucher

Overview

The history of imperial Russia is rich with warfare, class conflict, royal scandal, and the rise and fall of empire. This volume examines czarist Russia through the social and material lens, including changes in court life, serf/peasant life, the Orthodox church, and the effects of emancipation and industrialization, from the birth of Moscow to the rise of Communism.

Thematic chapters cover Peter the Great's modernization of Russia, class structure, the role of the church, traditions and rituals, work and labor practices, health, fashion, and military life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573569866
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/30/2008
Series:	Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

GRETA BUCHER is Professor of History at the United States Military Academy. Her research interests include Russian, Soviet and East European history

men's history, and early modern European history. She is author of Women, the Bureaucracy and Daily Life in Postwar Moscow, 1945-1953 (2006) and has written and edited several chapters, articles and translated works.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     ix
Chronology     xi
Introduction: Early History through Peter the Great     1
Modernizing Russia     45
The Elites: Princes, Boyars, and Gentry     89
The Peasantry     121
The Church and the Towns     149
Lifestyle, Traditions, and Rituals     179
Conclusion: Radicals and Revolution     215
Glossary     235
Selected Bibliography     237
Index     241

Editorial Reviews

…a pleasure to read. Because its interpretations of various stages and aspects of Russian history are short, balanced, well-informed, and unified by an emphasis on social history, it could be valuable as a supplementary reading in an undergraduate course or as a resource for college-level instructors preparing to teach the Russian history survey…” —The Russian Review

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