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From Early Rus' to 1689

Series The Cambridge History of Russia, Volume 1

Edited by Maureen Perrie

Publication Date 2006

Hardback ISBN-10 0521812275

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521812276

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521812276

Overview

This first volume of the Cambridge History of Russia covers the period from early ('Kievan') Rus' to the start of Peter the Great's reign in 1689. It surveys the development of Russia through the Mongol invasions to the expansion of the Muscovite state in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and deals with political, social, economic and cultural issues under the Riurikid and early Romanov rulers. The volume is organised on a primarily chronological basis, but a number of general themes are also addressed, including the bases of political legitimacy; law and society; the interactions of Russians and non-Russians; and the relationship of the state with the Orthodox Church. The international team of authors incorporates the latest Russian and Western scholarship and offers an authoritative new account of the formative 'pre-Petrine' period of Russian history, before the process of Europeanisation had made a significant impact on society and culture.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see From Early Rus' to 1689 in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge History of Russia Vol. 1: From Early Rus' to 1689

Frontmatter

Introduction by Maureen Perrie

Russia's geographical environment by Denis J. B. Shaw

Early Rus' and the Rise of Muscovy

The Expansion, Consolidation and Crisis of Muscovy (1462–1613)

Russia Under the First Romanovs (1613–1689)

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