Many books chronicle the remarkable life of Russian tsar Peter the
Great, but none analyze how his famous reforms actually took root
and spread in Russia. In "The Revolution of Peter the Great," James
Cracraft offers a brilliant new interpretation of this pivotal era.
Linking together and transcending Peter's many reforms of state
and society, Cracraft argues, was nothing less than a cultural
revolution. New ways of dress, elite social behavior, navigation,
architecture, and image-making emerged along with expansive
vocabularies for labeling new objects and activities. Russians
learned how to build and sail warships; train, supply, and command
a modern army; operate a new-style bureaucracy; conduct diplomacy
on a par with the other European states; apply modern science; and
conceptualize the new governing system. Throughout, Peter remains
the central figure, and Cracraft discusses the shaping events of
the tsar's youth, his inner circle, the resistance his reforms
engendered, and the founding of the city that would embody his
vision--St. Petersburg, which celebrated its tercentenary in
2003.
By century's end, Russia was poised to play a critical role in
the Napoleonic wars and boasted an elite culture about to burst
into its golden age. In this eloquent book, Cracraft illuminates an
astonishing transformation that had enormous consequences for both
Russia and Europe, indeed the world.
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