Ruling Russia

Ruling Russia Synopsis

This book explores thoroughly the reforms of Russian administration from 1775 to 1785, this work also reaches beyond Catherine's reign to challenge established opinions on the nature of eighteenth-century Russian government and the autocracy of the tsars.

Originally published in 1984.

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