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Scenarios of power : myth and ceremony in Russian monarchy from Peter the Great to the abdication of Nicholas II

This new and abridged edition of Scenarios of Power is a concise version of Richard Wortman's award-winning study of Russian monarchy from the seventeenth century until 1917. The author breaks new ground by showing how imperial ceremony and imagery were not simply displays of the majesty of the sovereign and his entourage, but also instruments central to the exercise of absolute power in a multinational empire. In developing this interpretation, Wortman presents vivid descriptions of coronations, funerals, parades, trips through the realm, and historical celebrations and reveals how
eBook, English, ©2006
New abridged 1-v. pbk. ed View all formats and editions
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©2006
1 online resource (viii, 491 pages) : illustrations.
9780691123745, 0691123748
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The European myth
Signs of empire
Peter the Great
Olympian scenarios
The education of princes and the dilemma of neoclassicism
The Emperor Paul I
The angel on the throne
Nicholas I
Epitomes of the nation
Parents and son
Alexandar II and the scenario of love
The tsar-emancipator
The crisis of autocracy
A national myth
The making of a Russian tsar
The inauguration of a national myth
The resurrection of Muscovy
The life and death of a Russian tsar
Nicholas II as heir and husband
The accession and coronation of Nicholas II
Demonstrations of godliness
Nicholas II and the Revolution of 1905
Historical celebrations
Nicholas II and World War I