Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Foreword IX
4. Preface XXI
5. 1. The Muscovite Background 1
6. 2. Peter the Great's Revolution 35
7. 3. Peter's System in Difficulty 57
8. 4. The System of Peter the Great to Reform or Not to Reform? 89
9. 5. The Dawn of the Nineteenth Century 113
10. 6. The Regime of Nicholas I 147
11. 7. The Transformation of Imperial Russia Continuity or Change? 173
12. Important Dates 227
13. Bibliographical Introduction 231
14. Index 241