Late Imperial Russia

Unrivalled collection of contemporary British scholarship on the question of the stability of late imperial Russia; Useful summary of the historiography of the topics covered, including political, economic, social, cultural, and international history; Contains original accounts of some of the intellectuals of the time: Barnett's study of Tugan-Baranovsky and the late imperial economy; Frame's account of the theatrical impresarios; White's examination of M. N. Pokrovskii; Students will particularly appreciate the chapters on Nicholas II, the workers, the peasants, the security police, parliamentarianism, the revolutionaries, and the security police