Readings mit opencourseware free online course materials. Mar 22, 2009 kliuchevskii laid emphasis on the central role of monasteries in colonizing the russian northeast from the 14th century on. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. In this newlytranslated excerpt from his fivevolume course, kliuchevsky 18411911 provides a colourful description of russian court life in the 18th century, a dramatic narrative of the coup detat that brought catherine ii to power, a portrait of the empress herself, and an analysis of her. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. For example, the famous imperial russian historian vasilii kliuchevskii wrote that peter ceased being the mythical political figure to the people that previous tsars had been. Kliuchevskii includes his monographic studies in socioeconomic and political problems of russian history xviearly xviii. Kliuchevskii article about kliuchevskii by the free. The works of kliuchevskii, from the boyar council of old russia and studies of saints and historians to the fivevolume course of russian history, advanced a. Kerner appears to have begun concentrating on russian history upon his. Kliuchevskii on peter the great, canadianamerican slavic.
The seventeenth century paperback may 31, 1994 by v. In this newly translated excerpt from his magisterial fivevolume course, kliuchevsky 18411911 provides a colorful description of russian court life in the eighteenth century, a dramatic narrative of the coup detat that brought catherine ii to power, a portrait of the empress herself, and an analysis of her foreign conquests and her major internal initiatives. The book ends pointing out several generalizations about the 17th century history of russia that are still revelant among historians today. A long look at the russian revolution the british academy. The book presents the basic schools and tendencies of russian.
Book creator makes e book publishing easy wired one of the top 50 apps for the ipad the guardian winner of a parents choice gold award features add text, choosing from over 50 fonts add photos and images from your ipads photo library, from the web, or use the ipads camera resize, rotate and position content as you like with. In russia s present travail, many analogies have been made with past predicaments. Kliuchevskii s course of russian history has long been regarded, and with much justice, as the best general treatment of the subject. His masterpiece, the fivevolume course of russian history, was the printed version of the surve y course that he pre sented for years in moscow university and three other institutions as well. Kliuchevskii laid emphasis on the central role of monasteries in colonizing the russian northeast from the 14th century on. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. The course of russian history the role of rivers, portages, ostrogs. Richard hellie, annals of the american academy of political science. The foundation of the russian empire, 16451698 springerlink. Book description this work by the great 19thcentury historian is available once again in an acclaimed 1968 translation that conveys the beauty of kliuchevskys language and the power of his ideas. Discover librarianselected research resources on russian history from the questia online. The central government and its institutions chapter 19. The origins of the 1881 antijewish pogroms in russia wladyslaw t.
Poland and its jews in the early modern period troubled waters. List of books and articles about russian history online research. They said that bolshevik russia was a ruthless communist dictatorship. Particular topics include the rise of the kievan state, the mongol yoke, the rise of muscovy, ivan the terrible, peter the great, relations with western europe.
Kliuchevskii is available at in several formats for your ereader. The fields we cover are philosophy and religion, government and politics, military and legal affairs, humanities, literary history and criticism, history, social sciences, and much more. Vasily klyuchevsky is the author of a history of russia. On the profitability of russian serfdom the journal of. Byrnes indiana university few multivolume historical studies exert a significant influence upon both professional and popular judgments for more than a century. Of course, with collectivization of agriculture and the fiveyear plan exactly the. O download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Since harvard offered little in russian studies, he took his ph. Now a muchhonored teacher has created a series of 36 lectures designed to give you one of the deepest glimpses into russia youve ever hada. Arguments concerning the beginning of modern european history, like. Russian travel, history, geography of russia, russian language, books store. The great 19thcentury historian vasilii kliuchevskii once remarked that the.
Aleksandrov, vasilii osipovich kliuchevskii 18411911. Russia through the eyes of foreigners travel and personal accounts of the russian empire from the sixteenth century to the october revolution, 1917 the first selection of 250 titles is in english, including translations of works which were influential throughout europe and, later, america. Jul 05, 2017 because this is the russian history blog and because its the centennial of the revolution, the course ill be blogging this semester will be the lenin to putin course. This work by the great 19thcentury historian is available once again in an acclaimed 1968 translation that conveys the beauty of kliuchevskys language and, isbn 9781563243165 buy the a course in russian history.
This course focuses on 300 years of russian history from peter the great to gorbachev by examining the lives of the men and women who, in fact, were russia. Your new book on russia in revolution is obviously well timed for the 1917. Discover book depositorys huge selection of v o kliuchevskii books online. The seventeenth century kindle edition by kliuchevskii, v. Course russian history seventeenth century abebooks passion for books. Panorama of russia specializes in nonfiction russian language books and reference publications from the russian federation and the commonwealth of independent states. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a course in russian history. In summary, fictional protagonists and plot provided kliuchevskii with. James cracraft kliuchevskii on peter the great i eleven o f the sixteen lectures o f part 4 o f v. The paper examines the thesis, popular among russian marxists, that russian serfdom had become unprofitable for the serfowners before the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Kliuchevskii s views on the inextricable links between literature and history. Miliukov on the reign of peter the great and will be one of the volumes that everyone interested in russia in the 16821725 period will need to read. Kliuchevskii, historian of russia by robert francis byrnes book.
Kliuchevskii 18411911, the scholar most ob servers consider the greatest historian of russia that his country has produced, demonstrates that an outstanding scholar can also attain great success as a classroom teacher, and that the two functions can and should be considered one. This book is a good general history of the period and particular effort is made to place stalin in context with russia both before and after his rule, as well as with lenin. Russian, include for the premodern period two western scholars. In fact, the last volume was compiled from lithographs of his lecture notes after his death. But in writing his magisterial course in russian history he revealed a degree of complexity that belied his disarming formula. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Hughess volume masterfully presents most of the major historiographic disputes what was developed in the. His synthesis rose above the polemics that had so long supplied the. Kliuchevskii, 18411911, the published version of a survey course presented in several moscow institutions from 1868 through 1910, retains the respect of scholars in russia and abroad. Course russian history seventeenth century abebooks. Yet the fivevolume course of russian history by vasilii 0. A course in russian historythe seventeenth century by v. Not for citation in the 1930s many westerners visited the soviet union and returned home with strange and horrifying stories.
Kluchevsky was one of the first russian historians to shift attention away from political and social issues to geographical and economical forces. C column one in the table below presents the codes that identify these titles in sac entries titles entered by code often specify which edition, which volume, which chapter, and which pages. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. I am grateful to irex for enabling me to conduct research in russian libraries and archives. Kliuchevskii s famous course o f russian history are devoted to the person and reign o f peter i, the remaining five to the fate o f peter the greats reform from his death in 1725 to the accession o f catherine ii in 1762. Publication date 1911topics soviet union history publisher. The course of russian history is kliuchevskii s best known work in the west. His greatest work was a published edition of the survey course of russian history that he gave for undergraduates at moscow university for more than three decades and in other moscow institutions as well, illustrating perfectly the combination of scholarship. The making of russia in the worlds of byzantium, mongolia. Certain themes are consistent throughout the entire period, such as the statist tradition, the development of the autocracy, and the evolution of serfdom. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Evenafter narrowing the scope of the editors charge to explore the contrast between the definition and treatment of northern european history in the ahr at its inception and in the discipline of history today to russian history, which i have done here, it is realizable. Vasilii osipovich kliuchevskii, a history of russia, trans. Medieval and early modern russia stood at the crossroads of europe and asia. However, the book is divided up nicely in about 20 or so pages per chapter and they read like a lecture would sound if you were sitting in on the authors class and that made it enjoyable to read. The apparent contradiction stems from the standard of comparison. In this newlytranslated excerpt from his fivevolume course, kliuchevsky 18411911 provides a colourful description of russian court life in the 18th century, a dramatic narrative of the coup detat that brought catherine ii to power, a portrait of the empress herself, and an analysis of her foreign conquests and her major internal initiatives. These articles laid the basis for his famous course on russian history. Kliuchevskiis famous course o f russian history are devoted to the person and reign o f peter i, the remaining five to the fate o f peter the greats reform from his death in 1725 to the accession o f catherine ii in 1762.
He was particularly interested in the process of russian peaceful colonisation of siberia and the far east. Simon franklin and jonathan shepard will have nothing to do with all this, pointing out at the very beginning that most of their book is not about russia anyway, or at least not about russia exclusively, since the story they have to tell could lead not only towards russia but also towards ukraina or belarus. In 1943 he became an analyst for military intelligence, specializing on the japanese electronics industry. The book is reprint of the last, eighth edition, however it is the first edition with a comprehensive name index. The institute also apparently offers a course on russian history in english, where the readings are entirely from western literature in english. I will argue that his remarks in these essays need to be read in tandem with his seminal. Klyuchevsky and his course of russian history alexander kiesewetter 1923. Kliuchevskii, who set the pattern for the study of russian history, is in part a traditional biography and in part a monograph on the state of russian history. He wanted to absorb the people already within the state rather than to expand it. Economic transition in russia and the new states of eurasia international politics of eurasia, vol 8.
Russia s history is rife with both booms and busts. In this volume, kliuchevsky untangles the confused events of the time of troubles and the emergence of the romanov dynasty, and develops his. Russia in the age of peter the great yale university press. Kliuchevskiis view of the flow of russian history jstor. He described how hermits, in search of solitude, pushed into unsettled forest areas to found monastic communities, soon followed by peasants in search of free land. In the englishspeaking world, gibbons decline and fall of the roman empire remains a. This course is regarded as a summation of his research findings and interpretations. In my next entry, ill post a draft copy of my syllabus and get down to the nittygritty details of building the infrastructure for a course. Vasily osipovich klyuchevsky russian historian britannica. It was the publication of his lectures in kurs russkoy istorii course in russian history.
Unlike the four other p a r t s o r v o l u m e s o f the. Its five volumes follow closely the lectures that kliuchevskii gave at the various institutions with which he was associated. From early mongol invasions to tsarist regimes to ages of enlightenment and industrialization to revolutions and wars, russia is known not. Full text of the urge to the sea the course of russian history. Starting in 1879 klyuchevsky taught a general course on russian history from the ancient times to the great reforms of the 1860s and 1870s. Russian books and articles have analyzed his life and work. This work by the great 19thcentury historian is available onc. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. One of the pioneers in the development of russian history in the u.
See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. In 1945 he was offered a oneyear position at swarthmore college, and an opportunity to teach a course on russia. Opyt istorii pravitelstvennogo uchrezhdeniia v sviazi s istoriei obshchestva, 3rd edn. George vernadsky and, ironically perhaps, richard pipes. Miliukov, will be one of the books that everyone interested in russia in the 1682891725 period will need to read. Platonov 18601933 on russian history from its beginning until 1880s is still considered as one of the three best classical courses along with two others by s. The 150th centenary of his birth, history of the ussr 6 1991, 5769. The course of russian history began in 988 and extended through 1917, or to the beginning of the soviet period. A major theme of the course of russian history is the gathering of the russian people into one nation. Vasily osipovich klyuchevsky was a leading russian historian of the late imperial period. Jan 29, 2020 the 1917 revolutions may attract the most attention, but stalins dictatorship is an equally important subject for both russian and european histories. Kliuchevskii found the key to russian society in the relative simplicity of its social forms in comparison with western europe. He seems to have imagined that this book would place him in the russian history pantheon. Invoking kliuchevskii in the first subtitle, kerner dedicated his study to.
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