Thierry Sarmant, with the collaboration of Jean-Pierre Samant, Pierre le Grand: La Russie et le monde. Paris: Perrin, 2020.500 p. ISBN: 978-2-262-04814.
Accessible to students, tourists and general readers alike, this book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century. Paul Bushkovitch emphasizes the enormous changes in the ...understanding of Russian history resulting from the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, new material has come to light on the history of the Soviet era, providing new conceptions of Russia's pre-revolutionary past. The book traces not only the political history of Russia, but also developments in its literature, art and science. Bushkovitch describes well-known cultural figures, such as Chekhov, Tolstoy and Mendeleev, in their institutional and historical contexts. Though the 1917 revolution, the resulting Soviet system and the Cold War were a crucial part of Russian and world history, Bushkovitch presents earlier developments as more than just a prelude to Bolshevik power.
A. V. Beliakov, A. G. Gus’kov, D. V. Liseitsev & S. M. Shamin, Perevodchiki Posol’skogo prikaza v XVII v.: Materialy k slovariu. Moscow: Indrik, 2021. 304 p. ISBN: 978-5-91674-618-1.
• A. V. Beliakov, A. G. Gus’kov, D. V. Liseitsev & S. M. Shamin, Perevodchiki Posol’skogo prikaza v XVII v.: Materialy k slovariu. Moscow: Indrik, 2021. 304 p. ISBN: 978-5-91674-618-1.
The Illustrated Chronicle Compilation, one of the great projects of Ivan the Terrible's reign, included a full Russian translation of the History of the Destruction of Troy by the thirteenth century ...Sicilian judge, Guido delle Colonne. A prose version of a French romance of chivalry, the text fits poorly with our conceptions of sixteenth century Russian culture. Was it history or fiction? Was it secular, or is that term not useful? Partial answers come from references to the text by the boyar V. M. Tuchkov, Ivan himself, and the use of the text by later authors after the Time of Troubles.
A narrative of the fifty years of political struggles at the Russian court, 1671–1725. This book shows how Peter the Great was not the all-powerful tsar working alone to reform Russia, but that he ...colluded with powerful and contentious aristocrats in order to achieve his goals. After the early victory of Peter's boyar supporters in the 1690s, Peter turned against them and tried to rule through favourites - an experiment which ended in the establishment of a decentralized 'aristocratic' administration, followed by an equally aristocratic Senate in 1711. The aristocrats' hegemony came to an end in the wake of the affair of Peter's son, Tsarevich Aleksei, in 1718. After that moment Peter ruled through a complex group of favourites, a few aristocrats and appointees promoted through merit, and carried out his most long-lasting reforms. The outcome was a new balance of power at the centre and a new, European, conception of politics.
The story of the 1581 death of tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich at the hands of his father, Ivan the Terrible, is a fixture of Russian history. Yet the only contemporary source is the Moscovia of Antonio ...Possevino, SJ.m first published in 1586. The relevant chapter was composed several years later, and is inconsistent with other information in the book. Possevino’s then unpublished correspondence with his superiors in Rome reveals that he regarded the story as rumor and did not believe it. There is no reliable evidence that Ivan killed his son, intentionally or accidentally.
L'histoire selon laquelle, en 1581, le tsarevič Ivan Ivanovič a été tué par son père Ivan le Terrible fait partie intégrante de l'histoire russe. Cependant, Moscovia d'Antonio Possevino SJ, qui est ...la seule source contemporaine, n'a été publiée pour la première fois qu'en 1586. La partie concernant la mort du tsarevič a été rédigée quelques années après la survenue de l'événement et entre en contradiction avec d'autres informations du livre. La correspondance, publiée plus tard, de Possevino avec ses supérieurs à Rome révèle qu'il prit cette histoire pour une rumeur et n'y prêta pas foi. En effet, rien ne prouve de façon irréfutable qu'Ivan ait tué son fils, de quelque manière que ce soit, intentionnelle ou accidentelle.
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