Russian Empire
Most library resources on the Russian Empire will be found in the DK33-DK293 LC call number range. Keep in mind that a well-crafted thorough search is vital as resources may be found in other call number ranges. The list below is far from exhaustive and serves as an introduction to available sources on the Russian Empire.
Empire: the Russian Empire and its rivals by
In this ambitious book, Lieven explores the place and meaning of empire from ancient Rome to the present. Focusing on Russia, Lieven compares the Tsarist and Soviet empires with others throughout history.
Call Number: DK40 .L55 2001ISBN: 0300088590Publication Date: 2001-02-08
Lost Kingdom: the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present by
From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine -- only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues that we can only understand the confluence of Russian imperialism and nationalism today by delving into the nation's history. Spanning over 500 years, from the end of the Mongol rule to the present day, Plokhy shows how leaders from Ivan the Terrible to Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin exploited existing forms of identity, warfare, and territorial expansion to achieve imperial supremacy. An authoritative and masterful account of Russian nationalism, Lost Kingdom chronicles the story behind Russia's belligerent empire-building quest.
Call Number: DK43 .P56 2017ISBN: 9780465098491Publication Date: 2017-10-10
The Grand Strategy of the Russian Empire, 1650-1831 by
At its height, the Russian empire covered eleven time zones and stretched from Scandinavia to the Pacific Ocean. Arguing against the traditional historical view that Russia, surrounded and threatened by enemies, was always on the defensive, John P. LeDonne contends that Russia developed along-term strategy not in response to immediate threats but in line with its own expansionist urges to control the Eurasian Heartland. LeDonne narrates how the government from Moscow and Petersburg expanded the empire by deploying its army as well as by extending its patronage to frontier societiesin return for their serving the interests of the empire. He considers three theaters on which the Russians expanded: the Western (Baltic, Germany, Poland); the Southern (Ottoman and Persian Empires); and the Eastern (China, Siberia, Central Asia). In his analysis of military power, he weighs therole of geography and locale, as well as economic issues, in the evolution of a larger imperial strategy. Rather than viewing Russia as peripheral to European Great Power politics, LeDonne makes a powerful case for Russia as an expansionist, militaristic, and authoritarian regime that challenged thegreat states and empires of its time.
Call Number: DK43 .L4 2004ISBN: 9780195161007Publication Date: 2003-12-11Russian Imperialism from Ivan the Great to the revolution. by
Call Number: DK43 .H86ISBN: 9780813507378Publication Date: 1974-06-01
The Russian Empire 1801-1917 by
From the reign of Alexander I to the abdication of Nicholas II, this wide-ranging survey of Russian history follows the development of institutions, classes, political movements, and individuals and draws on a large body of documentary material and contemporary scholarship, making an important contribution to pre-revolutionary Russian studies.
Call Number: DK189 .S44ISBN: 9780198221036Publication Date: 1967-12-31
The Fall of the Russian Empire by Call Number: DK255 .C48ISBN: 9780471156000Publication Date: 1973-01-01- Patterns of Urban Growth in the Russian Empire During the 19th Century by Call Number: H31 .C514 no.163ISBN: 9780890650707Publication Date: 1975-01-01
Alexander Guchkov and the End of the Russian Empire by
Call Number: DK254.G78 G58 1983ISBN: 9780871697332Publication Date: 1983-01-01The Man Who Killed Rasputin: Prince Youssoupov and the murder that helped bring down the Russian Empire by "On December 16, 1917, Grigori Rasputin, a confidant of the empress's because of his alleged ability to stop the hemophilic attacks suffered by her son, was invited to one of the St. Petersburg palaces of Prince Felix Youssoupov, the second wealthiest man in Russia after the tsar himself. Leading a group of conspirators, the prince considered it a patriotic act to eliminate the palace favorite who had gained political control of the government." "Nearly eighty years later, the events surrounding the murder continue to provoke speculation. In an effort to get at the truth, this meticulously researched work covers the lives of both these men, from their childhood and youth right up to their ultimate collision. Youssoupov was then twenty-seven, while Rasputin was some twenty years his senior. Here is a superb retelling of a major historical event, based on new revelations from the St. Petersburg police files." "At the time of the murder Prince Youssoupov owned forty-seven palaces throughout the empire. Just two years later, when he and his wife escaped the Revolution, they survived by selling the jewelry they were able to hide on their persons. In the early 1930s their fortunes improved after they won a slander case against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer relating to its film Rasputin and the Empress. The Youssoupovs became social lions as they traveled the world, residing at times in Paris, London, or New York. And wherever he went, Prince Youssoupov was always pointed out as the man who killed Rasputin." "Illustrated with sixteen pages of photos, many previously unpublished in this country, including the recently released Rasputin death pictures."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Call Number: DK254.I7 K56 1995ISBN: 9781559722957Publication Date: 1995-11-01
The City in Late Imperial Russia by
" . . . one of the most coherent and unified collaborative works in the field of Russian history." --American Historical Review "This book excels in capturing the colors, tastes, sounds, and smells of Imperial Russia's rapidly growing, ethnically divided cities . . . " --Journal of Interdisciplinary History " . . . must reading for those interested in Russian urban and social history." --Slavic Review "This is a rich and informative book . . . " --Journal of Social History From the Great Reforms that began in the 1860s to the revolutions of 1917, the Russian Empire experienced a period of explosive urban growth. This unique and important volume examines the changes it brought in eight of the Empire's largest cities.
Call Number: HT145.S58 C57 1986ISBN: 9780253313706Publication Date: 1986-07-22
Imperial and Soviet Russia: power, privilege, and the challenge of modernity by
"It is impossible to make sense of the modern world without understanding the vast, and ultimately unsuccessful, experiment with Communism that began in Russia in 1917. Imperial and Soviet Russia offers a coherent interpretation of the turbulent history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union during the last two centuries." "Tracing the roots of the Communist experiment in the peasant world of traditional Russia, it shows how the harsh social and economic changes of the nineteenth century created enough dislocation to topple the tsarist regime and bring the Bolsheviks to power in 1917."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Call Number: DK220 .C48 1997ISBN: 9780312173517Publication Date: 1997-06-01
