Nicholas I: Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias

The Indiana U. Press edition (1978) is cited in BCL3 . A scholarly biography that provides a view of Russian autocracy. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

ISBN-13: 9780875805481

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Publication Date: 09-01-1989

Pages: 424

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.95(d)

Age Range: 18 Years

Series: Niu Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

W. Bruce Lincoln authored twelve books about Russia and its past, most notably The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russias; Red Victory: A History of the Russian Civil War; Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of a Thousand Years of Artistic Life in Russia; and Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface
Part One: Prologue
1. 1825: The Emperor Is Dead! Long Live the Emperor!
2. The Education of a Drill-Master
Part Two: Genesis
3. The Genesis of the Nicholas System
4. The Heritage of the Holy Alliance
Part Three: Absolutism Triumphant
The Apogee of Autocracy
Europe's Gendarme Emerges
Part Four: The Attack Begins
7. Nicholas and Russia's Intellectuals
8. The Year 1848
Part Five: Dénouement
9. The Last Years of the Nicholas System
10. The Last Act: The Crimean War
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

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