Peter the Great [2 ed.] 0582437466, 9780582437463

The Revolution of Peter the Great 9780674029941

Many books chronicle the remarkable life of Peter the Great, but none analyze how his famous reforms took root and sprea

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Peter the Great: A Biography 9780300143744

Peter the Great (1672–1725), tsar of Russia for forty-three years, was a dramatic, appealing, and unconventional charact

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The Bronze Horseman: Falconet’s Monument to Peter the Great 9780300128949

This book is the first comprehensive treatment in any language of the most consequential work of art ever to be executed

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The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia

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Russian corporate capitalism from Peter the Great to Perestroika 0195096770

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Russian Orientalism: Asia in the Russian Mind from Peter the Great to the Emigration 9780300162899

The West has been accused of seeing the East in a hostile and deprecatory light, as the legacy of nineteenth-century Eur

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The Transfigured Kingdom: Sacred Parody and Charismatic Authority at the Court of Peter the Great 9781501711084

In this richly comparative analysis of late Muscovite and early Imperial court culture, Ernest A. Zitser provides a corr

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The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Violence in Russia 9781317454885, 1563240475, 1563240483, 9781563240485, 9781563240478

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Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671-1725 0521805856, 9780521805858

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Rat pack confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey & the last great showbiz party 9781841150017, 1841150010

The first biography of the Rat Pack -- Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop et al --

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