Peter the Great: A BiographyYale University Press, 1 de gen. 2002 - 285 pàgines The definitive short biography of the enigmatic Peter the Great Peter the Great (1672-1725), tsar of Russia for forty-three years, was a dramatic, appealing, and unconventional character. This book provides a vivid sense of the dynamics of his life--both public and private--and his reign. Drawing on his letters and papers, as well as on other contemporary accounts, the book provides new insights into Peter's complex character, giving information on his actions, deliberations, possessions, and significant fantasy world--his many disguises and pseudonyms, his interest in dwarfs, his clowning and vandalism. It also sheds fresh light on his relationships with individuals such as his second wife Catherine and his favorite, Alexander Menshikov. The book includes discussions of Peter's image in painting and sculpture, and there are two final chapters on his legacy and posthumous reputation up to the present. |
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Growing Up 167289 | 3 |
Russia in 1672 | 5 |
Childhood | 11 |
The streltsy revolt of 1682 | 14 |
Sophia and the Khovamhchina | 16 |
A portrait of Ivan and Peter | 19 |
The regency | 22 |
War and naval games Preobrazhenskoe | 24 |
Witch hunt | 125 |
Freaks and monsters | 127 |
Alexiss trial | 129 |
The death of Alexis | 130 |
Assemblies and The Honourable Mirror of Youth | 133 |
The chief of police | 136 |
The death of Peter Petrovich | 138 |
A passion for the fleet | 140 |
Marriage | 25 |
The Crimean campaigns Sophia and Golitsyn overthrown | 26 |
Prelude to Greatness 168997 | 29 |
Foreign friends | 31 |
PrincePope and PrinceCaesar | 33 |
The death of Natalia Naryshkina | 34 |
The Kozhukhovo manoeuvres | 36 |
Menshikov | 37 |
The Azov campaigns | 39 |
The Grand Embassy 169799 | 42 |
The insult at Riga Prussia | 44 |
The little house at Zaandam | 45 |
The Dutch Republic | 46 |
England | 47 |
Kneller | 48 |
Impressions of foggy Albion | 49 |
The streltsy revolt of 1698 | 53 |
Wielding the razor | 55 |
Punishing the streltsy | 57 |
War with Sweden 17008 | 60 |
Peters army | 62 |
Narva 1700 | 65 |
Of marriages and mathematics | 67 |
The founding of St Petersburg | 68 |
Martha Skavronska | 70 |
Makarov and the Cabinet | 72 |
War in Poland and the Baltic The Astrakhan revolt | 73 |
Waiting for Charles | 75 |
Bulavin | 78 |
Charles turns south Mazepa | 81 |
From Poltava to Pruth 170911 | 84 |
Turk of the North | 88 |
Paradise regained The growth of St Petersburg | 91 |
Two weddings | 92 |
War with Turkey | 94 |
The Senate | 95 |
The true and lawful sovereign lady | 97 |
Battle on the Pruth | 98 |
Alexis and Charlotte | 100 |
Peter in Europe 171217 | 103 |
German affairs | 106 |
Finland | 107 |
Victory at Hangö | 110 |
The PrincePopes wedding | 111 |
The birth of two Peters | 113 |
A new grand tour of Europe | 115 |
Paris | 118 |
Return to St Petersburg The Colleges | 120 |
Father and Sons 171820 | 124 |
Statutes and regulations | 142 |
Pastimes | 142 |
The Year of Nystad 1721 | 148 |
The Holy Synod | 150 |
Celebrations and executions | 154 |
Anna and Karl | 155 |
Summer in St Petersburg | 158 |
Nikitins portrait | 159 |
The peace of Nystad | 160 |
The Russian Versailles | 163 |
Ranks and Regulations 172223 | 167 |
The succession to the throne | 169 |
More legislation | 171 |
The procuratorgeneral | 173 |
Procurators inquisitors and police chiefs | 174 |
The Persian campaign | 176 |
Carnivals and a funeral | 178 |
The grandfather of the navy | 180 |
The Persian war ends | 182 |
Death of Tsaritsa Praskovia | 183 |
Pulling uphill Bribery corruption and red tape | 184 |
A Coronation and a Funeral 172425 | 188 |
The Academy of Sciences | 190 |
Taking the waters | 191 |
Catherines coronation | 193 |
Family sheep and other matters | 195 |
Reflections | 196 |
The William Mow affair | 199 |
Death | 202 |
Leave all to | 203 |
Deathbed portraits | 204 |
Castrum doloris | 206 |
Burial | 207 |
Legacy | 210 |
The balance sheet of domestic reform | 212 |
World power | 216 |
Window on the West | 218 |
Reformer or revolutionary? Views of Peter from the 1720s to the 1980s | 221 |
Commemorating Peter 17252002 | 228 |
Peters places | 233 |
Peter s possessions | 238 |
Petrine anniversaries | 239 |
Soviet Peter | 242 |
PostSoviet postmodern Peter | 245 |
Abbreviations | 253 |
Notes | 256 |
Select Bibliography | 267 |
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