Short History of Russia's First Civil War The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty

Name: Short History of Russia's First Civil War The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty
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ISBN: 9780271024653

ISBN-10: 0271024658

ISBN-13: 9780271024653

Edition: 2004

Authors: Chester S. L. Dunning

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Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 5/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of Illustrations and Maps


Introduction



A Comparative Approach to the Problem of Origins of the Civil War



Long-Term Origins: The Growth of Autocracy and Imperialism



Ivan the Terrible and Russia's Slide into Crisis



The Rise of Boris Godunov, the Uglich Tragedy, and Enserfment



The Southern Frontier and the Cossacks



The Beginning of the Time of Troubles and the Great Famine



What Triggered the civil War?



The Pretender Dmitrii Ivanovich



Dmitrii's Invasion and the Beginning of the Civil War



Tsar Boris Strikes Back and the Civil War Widens



The Death of Tsar Boris and Dmitrii's Triumph



The Short Reign of Tsar Dmitrii



Assassination of the Tsar



Vasilii Shuiskii Seizes Power and Rekindles the Civil War



The Beginning of the "Bolotnikov Rebellion"



The Civil War Widens and the Rebels Advance to Moscow



The Siege of Moscow



Retreat from Moscow, the Siege of Kaluga, and the Rise of Tsarevich Petr



Collapse of the Siege of Kaluga and the Beginning of Tsar Vasilii's Offensive



The Siege of Tula and the Resurrection of "Tsar Dmitrii"



Tsar Vasilii's Struggle Against the Tushino Impostor



Foreign Intervention and the Formation of the National Liberation Movement



The End of the Civil War and the Election of Mikhail Romanov



Tsar Mikhail and the End of the Time of Troubles



Disturbing Legacy


Index