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Understanding Imperial Russia
Examines Russian history from the early eighteenth century until the Revolution, discusses the causes of the czars' decline, and describes the social and political forces in czarist Russia
248 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1984
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February 5, 2025
read for history 427.
i can’t really explain it but this book just doesn’t do much for me. it was very easy to zone out while reading this book, which i did too many times.
still learned a good amount though, there’s just nothing engaging about it. probably better to rate it as a 2.5.
i can’t really explain it but this book just doesn’t do much for me. it was very easy to zone out while reading this book, which i did too many times.
still learned a good amount though, there’s just nothing engaging about it. probably better to rate it as a 2.5.
November 14, 2011
Picked to represent a course entitled "Imperial Russia" I took at CU. The teacher was Dr. Boss. He gave the class a general knowledge quiz before we got started to see how generally ignorant we were. The only question I remember was "Identify: Lucia di Lammermoor". A Mozart opera of course but I didn't know that then. Humbling for a Trivia "expert". Showed us a Russian movie about Peter the Great. Date is approximate.
April 15, 2008
A good overview of tsarist Russia for the undergraduate or general history buff.
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