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  • © 1997

The End of Imperial Russia, 1855–1917

Authors:

  1. Peter Waldron

    1. University of Sunderland, UK

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Part of the book series: European History in Perspective (EUROHIP)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Politics of Autocracy

    • Peter Waldron
    Pages 1-37

  3. Field and Factory: The Russian Economy

    • Peter Waldron
    Pages 38-68

  4. The Transformation of Russian Society

    • Peter Waldron
    Pages 69-102

  5. Empire and Europe

    • Peter Waldron
    Pages 103-138

  6. The End of the Old Order

    • Peter Waldron
    Pages 139-164

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 165-189
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This book explores the long-term reasons for the demise of Imperial Russia, examining the failure of the autocratic state to strengthen its own political position while economic change transformed Russian society. It seeks to explain its debilitating internal tensions and to link these to the pressures exerted by Russia's repeated failure in war and by the empire's continuing expansion. Lastly, it analyzes what led to Russia being governed, only eight months after the collapse of Tsarism, by the Bolsheviks' revolutionary regime.
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  • University of Sunderland, UK

    Peter Waldron

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