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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Preface | |
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| Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, Weights and Measures | |
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| Romanov Family Tree | |
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| Reign of Peter I: Chronology of Events | |
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| The Petrine Year | |
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| Map | |
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| Beginnings | |
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| Russia in 1672 | |
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| Sophia: The 1680s | |
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| The Making of a Sovereign: The 1690s | |
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| Russia and the World: 1696-1725 | |
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| From Azov to the Grand Embassy: 1696-1698 | |
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| The Great Northern War: From Narva to Poltava, 1700-1709 | |
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| Poltava: 27 June 1709 | |
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| Battle for the Baltic: 1709-1710 | |
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| War with Turkey the Pruth Campaign and the Treaty of Adrianople: 1711-1713 | |
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| From Pruth to Nystad: 1711-1721 | |
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| The Persian Campaign: 1722-1723 | |
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| Summary: Russia and the World in 1725 | |
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| The Russian Military Machine | |
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| War and Reform | |
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| Recruitment | |
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| Supplying the Troops | |
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| Training, Welfare and Ethos | |
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| Central Command | |
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| The Navy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Government | |
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| Monarch and Mock Sovereigns | |
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| Central Government: From Boyar Council to Senate | |
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| From Prikazy to Kollegii | |
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| Peter's Cabinet | |
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| Provincial and Municipal Government | |
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| Law and Order | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Economy | |
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| Taxation and the State Budget | |
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| Financial Administration and Coinage | |
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| Wages and Prices | |
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| Trade | |
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| Industry and Mining | |
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| Russian Capitalism and Mercantilism | |
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| Peter's People | |
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| Orders of Society | |
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| Peasants and Workers | |
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| Nobles | |
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| The Table of Ranks | |
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| Women: From Boiaryni to Damy | |
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| St. Petersburg and the Arts | |
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| From Moscow to St. Petersburg | |
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| Peter's Paradise | |
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| Architecture | |
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| The Figurative Arts | |
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| Theatre and Music | |
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| The Petrine Court | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The All-Drunken Assembly and the Mock Court | |
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| Dwarfs and Giants | |
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| Weddings, Coronations and Funerals | |
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| Drinking, Assemblies and Popular Entertainments | |
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| The Court Calendar | |
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| Dress and Hair Codes | |
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| Manners and Behaviour | |
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| Education and Learning | |
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| Russia and the West | |
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| Schools | |
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| Science and Learning | |
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| Books and Readers | |
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| Literature and Language | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Religion | |
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| The Religious Inheritance | |
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| The 1690s: Prelude to Reform | |
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| Church Administration, 1700-1725 | |
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| The Service Clergy | |
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| Religious Life and Culture | |
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| Religion and Empire | |
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| Dissidence | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Peter: Man, Mind and Methods | |
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| A Man of Simple Tastes | |
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| Disguises and Pseudonyms | |
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| Hobbies and Interests | |
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| Cruelty and Compassion | |
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| Religious Beliefs | |
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| Ruling Russia: The Common Good | |
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| Family Factors | |
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| Mother and Sisters | |
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| Peter's two Wives: Evdokia and Catherine | |
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| Sons and Daughters | |
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| Alexis | |
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| The Younger Generation Marries | |
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| Friends and Helpers | |
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| 'His Own Unaided Rule' | |
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| Old Networks | |
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| 'New Men' | |
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| Menshikov | |
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| Power Networks and Pecking Orders | |
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| Responses | |
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| Death | |
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| Opposition | |
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| The Legacy | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |