A Course in Russian History: The Time of Catherine the Great

by Василий Ключевский and Vasily Klyuchevsky

Book Overview

In this newly-translated excerpt from his five-volume "Course", Kliuchevsky (1841-1911) provides a colourful description of Russian court life in the 18th century, a dramatic narrative of the coup d'etat that brought Catherine II to power, a portrait of the empress herself, and an analysis of her foreign conquests and her major internal initiatives. While Kliuchevsky is critical of Catherine, he draws upon her memoirs and other writings and the accounts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563245272
• ISBN13: 9781563245275
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary