Eighteenth Century Russia

Author : V. M. Zhivov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Culture in Eighteenth-century Russia written by V. M. Zhivov and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zhivov's magisterial work tells the story of the creation of a new vernacularliterary language in modern Russia, an achievement arguably on a par with thenation's extraordinary military successes, territorial expansion, developmentof the arts, and formation of a modern empire.

Author : Isabel De Madariaga
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317881893
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia written by Isabel De Madariaga and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of thirteen major essays on eighteenth-century Russia by one of the most distinguished Western historians. They illustrate and explore three major themes: the development of the Russian state and Russian society, in the years when Russia was changing from a minor power on the European periphery to a major actor on the continental stage; the influence of western ideas and western thought on Russian politics and culture; and the impact of the Enlightenment on Russia. This is a substantial contribution not just to the history of Russia, but to early modern Europe generally.

Author : Matthew P. Romaniello
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108497578
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enterprising Empires written by Matthew P. Romaniello and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the British Russia Company, revealing how commercial competition between the British and Russian empires became entangled.

Author : Aleksandr Kamenskii
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317454693
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Russian Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Tradition and Modernization written by Aleksandr Kamenskii and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia's 18th-century drive toward modernity and empire under the two "greats" - Peter I and Catherine II - is captured in this work by one of Russia's outstanding young historians. The author develops three themes: Russia's relationship to the West; the transformation of "Holy Russia" into a multinational empire; and the effects of efforts to modernize Russia selectively along Western lines. Writing in a clear, crisp style, Kamenskii enlivens the narrative with observations from contemporary literary figures and political commentators that point up the lasting significance of the events he describes.

Author : Mikhail Chulkov
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780875806747
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Russian Tales of the Eighteenth Century written by Mikhail Chulkov and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection, translator David Gasperetti presents three seminal tales that express the major literary, social, and philosophical concerns of late-18th-century Russia. These three works outline the beginnings of modern prose fiction in Russia and illuminate the literary culture that would give rise to the Golden Age of Russian letters.

Author : Colum Leckey
Publisher : University of Delaware
ISBN 13 : 1611493439
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Patrons of Enlightenment written by Colum Leckey and published by University of Delaware. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrons of Enlightenment is the first English language study of the St. Petersburg Free Economic Study, one of the most prestigious and influential public associations in Imperial Russian history. Established in 1765 under the personal protection of Catherine the Great, its mission was to enlighten the villages and country estates of the Russian Empire by spreading the gospel of scientific agriculture to noble landowners and the peasants working their land. Emulating the patriotic associations of Western and Central Europe, it also sought to put the finishing touches on the cultural westernization of Russia initiated by the reforming tsar Peter the Great. Within the walls of its meeting house in St. Petersburg, it offered a neutral space where people of different rank, status, and lineage assembled to debate the great issues of the day, above all else the role of a privileged and enlightened nobility in a society anchored in serfdom. For its network of readers and correspondents in the provinces, it provided an opportunity to earn distinction on Russia's public stage through its voluminous publications and its flagship journal, the Transactions of the Free Economic Society. The Society provided the template for public activity and initiative in Imperial Russia, as hundreds of other organizations in the nineteenth century would emulate its example.

Author : Marcus C. Levitt
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1609090268
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Visual Dominant in Eighteenth-Century Russia written by Marcus C. Levitt and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enlightenment privileged vision as the principle means of understanding the world, but the eighteenth-century Russian preoccupation with sight was not merely a Western import. In his masterful study, Levitt shows the visual to have had deep indigenous roots in Russian Orthodox culture and theology, arguing that the visual played a crucial role in the formation of early modern Russian culture and identity. Levitt traces the early modern Russian quest for visibility from jubilant self-discovery, to serious reflexivity, to anxiety and crisis. The book examines verbal constructs of sight—in poetry, drama, philosophy, theology, essay, memoir—that provide evidence for understanding the special character of vision of the epoch. Levitt's groundbreaking work represents both a new reading of various central and lesser known texts and a broader revisualization of Russian eighteenth-century culture. Works that have considered the intersections of Russian literature and the visual in recent years have dealt almost exclusively with the modern period or with icons. The Visual Dominant in Eighteenth-Century Russia is an important addition to the scholarship and will be of major interest to scholars and students of Russian literature, culture, and religion, and specialists on the Enlightenment.

Author : Raffaella Faggionato
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402034873
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Rosicrucian Utopia in Eighteenth-Century Russia written by Raffaella Faggionato and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-18 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first investigation of the history of Russian Freemasonry, based on the premise that the facts of the Russian Enlightenment preclude application of the interpretative framework commonly used for the history of western thought. Coverage includes the development of early Russian masonry, the formation of the Novikov circle in Moscow, the ‘programme’ of Rosicrucianism and its Russian variant and, finally, the clash between the Rosicrucians and the State.

Author : Hans Rogger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674423268
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Consciousness in Eighteenth-Century Russia written by Hans Rogger and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marina Ritzarev
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754634669
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighteenth-century Russian Music written by Marina Ritzarev and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting from an examination of the rich legacy of Russian music up to 1700, Marina Ritzarev explores the development of music over the course of the eighteenth century. The book focuses on what is characteristic and crucial to Russian music during this period, rather than seeking to provide a comprehensive survey. The musical culture of the time is discussed against the background of social, political and cultural life and the importance of previously marginalized sectors is highlighted. New light is also cast on the well-researched topic of Russian opera