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Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy From Peter the Great to the Abdication of Nicholas II
Richard S. Wortman
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Frontmatter
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Illustrations (page vii)
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Abbreviations (page ix)
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Prefatory Note (page xi)
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Introduction: Scenarios of Power (page 1)
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PART ONE: THE EUROPEAN MYTH (page 7)
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Chapter One: Signs of Empire (page 9)
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Chapter Two: Peter the Great (page 21)
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Chapter Three: Olympian Scenarios (page 40)
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Chapter Four: The Education of Princes and the Dilemma of Neoclassicism (page 73)
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Chapter Five: The Emperor Paul I (page 85)
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Chapter Six: The Angel on the Throne (page 98)
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Chapter Seven: Nicholas I (page 120)
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Chapter Eight: Epitomes of the Nation (page 142)
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Chapter Nine: Parents and Son (page 166)
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Chapter Ten: Alexander II and the Scenario of Love (page 189)
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Chapter Eleven: The Tsar-Emancipator (page 205)
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Chapter Twelve: The Crisis of Autocracy (page 219)
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PART TWO: A NATIONAL MYTH (page 243)
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Chapter Thirteen: The Making of a Russian Tsar (page 245)
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Chapter Fourteen: The Inauguration of a National Myth (page 263)
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Chapter Fifteen: The Resurrection of Muscovy (page 282)
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Chapter Sixteen: The Life and Death of a Russian Tsar (page 303)
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Chapter Seventeen: Nicholas II as Heir and Husband (page 317)
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Chapter Eighteen: The Accession and Coronation of Nicholas II (page 334)
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Chapter Nineteen: Demonstrations of Godliness (page 347)
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Chapter Twenty: Nicholas II and the Revolution of 1905 (page 361)
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Chapter Twenty-One: Historical Celebrations (page 377)
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Chapter Twenty-Two: Nicholas II and World War I (page 397)
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Conclusion (page 411)
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Notes (page 415)
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Bibliographical Note (page 449)
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Index (page 453)
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Published: 2006
Publisher: Princeton University Press
- 9781400849697 (ebook)
- 9780691123745 (paper)