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Catherine the Great and the Russian nobility :

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Catherine the Great and the Russian nobility :

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a study based on the materials of the Legislative Commission of 1767 /

by Paul Dukes, lecturer in Russian history, University of Aberdeen.

London :

Cambridge University Press,

[1967]

1 online resource (xi, 269 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260) and index.

Pt. 1. Crown and nobility in Russia before 1762. Services and privileges -- Serfdom and the economy -- Government and society -- Education and culture -- pt. 2. Peter III, Catherine II and the nobility. Peter III's emancipation manifesto -- Catherine II and her policy -- The elections to the legislative commission -- The opening and agenda -- pt. 3. Serfdom and the economy. The economic content of the instruction -- Contemporary ideas on the economy -- Catherine's early economic policy -- The legislative commission and the economy -- pt. 4. Social and political attitudes. Qualifications for nobility -- Noble rights and privileges -- Local government and class organization -- Central government and the role of the nobility -- pt. 5. Education and culture. Official views of education -- Education and the legislative commission -- The church -- Russian culture -- pt. 6. Catherine the great and the Russian nobility. The significance of the legislative commission -- The decrees of 1775 and 1785 -- Serfdom and the economy -- Government and society -- Education and culture.

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Russian Society in the eighteenth century was dominated by the nobility. This class made large contribution to secular culture and played a role of vital importance in the government, the armed forces and the economic life of Russia. Dr Dukes has based his study on the materials of Catherine the Great's Legislative Commission of 1767. Despite the existence it print since the late nineteenth century of a vast amount of source material in the form of records of this Commission, it has been little explored by western historians. The author begins with a description of noble society before the Commission and of the general situation in Russia before the beginning of Catherine's reign. He constructs a clear, analytical picture of the attitude of the nobility to the chief questions of the day.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Catherine the Great and the Russian nobility.

Catherine, II,1729-1796.

Katharina

Katharina, II., 1729-1796

Russia.

Russia.

Nobility-- Russia.

Adel

Adel.

Nobility.

Verfassung

Russia, History, Catherine II, 1762-1796.

Russia, History.

Russia, Nobility.

Russland.

Russland.

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