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The History of Liberalism in Russia (Pitt Russian East European)
Victor Leontovitsch
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Hardcover. Translator(s): Leontovitsch, Parmen. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
Foreword by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The influence of liberalism in tsarist Russia is deeply problematic to most historians. In this highly original study, Victor Leontovitsch offers a reinterpretation of liberalism in a uniquely Russian form. He documents the struggles to develop civil society and individual liberties in imperial Russia up until their ultimate demise in the face of war, revolution, and the collapse of the old regime.
From Catherine the Great's proposal of freedom for serfs born after a predetermined year, through the creation of zemstvos by Alexander II, and the emergence of the State Duma and a quasi-constitutional ... Read more
Foreword by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The influence of liberalism in tsarist Russia is deeply problematic to most historians. In this highly original study, Victor Leontovitsch offers a reinterpretation of liberalism in a uniquely Russian form. He documents the struggles to develop civil society and individual liberties in imperial Russia up until their ultimate demise in the face of war, revolution, and the collapse of the old regime.
From Catherine the Great's proposal of freedom for serfs born after a predetermined year, through the creation of zemstvos by Alexander II, and the emergence of the State Duma and a quasi-constitutional ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822944157
SKU
V9780822944157
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About Victor Leontovitsch
Victor Leontovitsch was a lecturer at the Friedrich Wilhelm University, Berlin, and professor of history at Frankfurt University. He was the author of The Legal Revolution under Ivan the Terrible.
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