Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich Contributor(s): Kotoshkin, Geogorii Karpovich (Author), Kotoshikhin, Grigorii Karpovich (Author), Poe, Marshall (Editor) |
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ISBN: 8376560646 ISBN-13: 9788376560649 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $106.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Europe - General |
Dewey: 947.047 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.11 lbs) 190 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The book presents the first English edition of "On Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich" by Grigorii Kotoshikhin. This is the only native source describing the character of the seventeenth-century Russian state and society. It offers a unique and detailed picture of the nature of Russian "autocracy", the life at the tsar's court, social mores of the nobles and commoners of those times, military affairs, diplomatic relations, etc. The book is a veritable ethnographic encyclopedia of early Russian life. |