Beschreibung
The book presents the first English edition of On Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich by Grigorii Kotoshikhin. This is the only native source describing the character of the seventeenth-century Russian state and society. It offers a unique and detailed picture of the nature of Russian autocracy, the life at the tsars court, social mores of the nobles and commoners of those times, military affairs, diplomatic relations, etc. The book is a veritable ethnographic encyclopedia of early Russian life. With broad commentaries and supporting materials provided by the translator, Benjamin Uroff, and the editor, Marshall Poe, it provides an invaluable source for understanding XVII-century Muscovite Russia.
Autorenporträt
Benjamin P. Uroff (1933-2005): historian, translator. Marshall Poe (University of Iowa): historian of Muscovy.
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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