Daily Life in Imperial Russia

The history of imperial Russia is rich with warfare, class conflict, royal scandal, and the rise and fall of empire. This volume examines czarist Russia through the social and material lens, including changes in court life, serf/peasant life, the Orthodox church, and the effects of emancipation and industrialization, from the birth of Moscow to the rise of Communism.

Thematic chapters cover Peter the Great's modernization of Russia, class structure, the role of the church, traditions and rituals, work and labor practices, health, fashion, and military life.

Author: Greta Bucher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.48w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780313341229

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 48

About the Author

GRETA BUCHER is Professor of History at the United States Military Academy. Her research interests include Russian, Soviet and East European history

men's history, and early modern European history. She is author of Women, the Bureaucracy and Daily Life in Postwar Moscow, 1945-1953 (2006) and has written and edited several chapters, articles and translated works.