| P. A. Stolypin: The Search for Stability in Late Imperial Russia Contributor(s): Ascher, Abraham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804745471 ISBN-13: 9780804745475 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $36.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2002 Annotation: "In a major speech last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to Stolypin in laudatory terms, . . . presumably a signal of Mr. Putin's own intended balancing act between reformer and authoritarian tough-guy. With Mr. Ascher's highly readable biography, we're all better placed to understand the legacy that Mr. Putin inherits. . . . A book well worth waiting for. . . . P. A. Stolypin is carefully researched, well argued, and highly readable."--Wall Street Journal "The first major biography of Petr Arkadevich Stolypin, prime minister and minister of internal affairs of the Russian Empire from 1906 unitl his assassination in 1911. This is a major contribution to our understanding of these important years following the 1905 revolution and will be welcomed by all students of the period."--History |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Political - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00063520 |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.38" W x 8.68" (1.46 lbs) 484 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first comprehensive biography in any language of Russia's leading statesman in the period following the Revolution of 1905. Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 1906 to 1911, when he was assassinated, in post-1905 Russia P. A. Stolypin was virtually the only man who seemed to have a clear notion of how to reform the socioeconomic and political system of the empire. |