Time Of Troubles

Author : Sergeĭ Fedorovich Platonov
Publisher : Lawrence : University Press of Kansas
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002373333

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The Time of Troubles by Sergeĭ Fedorovich Platonov Pdf

Sergei Feodorovich Platonov's Time of Troubles is a classic study of the years 1598-1613, a turbulent and decisive period in Russian history. Available for the first time in English, this work will be a valuable tool for students of the medieval as well as modern periods. Platonov, himself a tragic victim of the regimentation imposed on Soviet cultural life in the 1920s, was born in 1860 and attained immense public and professional recognition in Russia as a leading historian. In his work he synthesized, to a high degree, two major traditions of Russian historiography: the St. Petersburg "school," which emphasized the collection and rigorous use of primary sources, and the Moscow "school" with its socioeconomic and geopolitical approaches. Time of Troubles represents the finished product of a lifetime spent in research, writing, and teaching. In broad terms it treats nearly a century and a half of Russian history (1500-1648); in detail it scrutinizes developments in the Muscovite State from 1598 to 1613. Some of the major issues covered in this volume are: the growing consolidation of Muscovite absolutism and the formation of a national state; the expansion of Muscovy to the west and southeast; the demise of the boyar class and the rise of the service-gentry; the emergence of serfdom as the social basis of Muscovite society; the cataclysmic end of one dynasty, the House of Rurik, and the beginnings of another, the House of Romanov. For Platonov—who devoted most of his career as a scholar to the study of these dramatic years—the epoch marked nothing less than the great divide between medieval Muscovy and modern Russia, witnessing the downfall of an essentially patrimonial regime and its replacement, after fierce struggles, by a more modern state founded on a new constellation of social groups.

Author : Chester S. L. Dunning
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0271043717

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Russia's First Civil War by Chester S. L. Dunning Pdf

He shows that serfs did not actively participate in the civil war and that the abolition of serfdom was never a rebel goal. Instead, most rebels were petty gentry, professional soldiers, townsmen, and cossacks who were united in fierce opposition to tsars they believed to be illegitimate usurpers.".

Author : R. G. Skrynnikov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015015404307

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The Time of Troubles by R. G. Skrynnikov Pdf

Author : Pavel K Baev
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849206891

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The Russian Army in a Time of Troubles by Pavel K Baev Pdf

This study of the Russian army and how it has fared in the uncertain transitional period since independence in December 1991 provides the basis for understanding its present and potential future role in the new political developments within Russia. Following an historical overview of Russia′s security agenda and an examination of the Russian/Soviet army′s tradition of involvement in politics, the book then examines Russia′s current security interests and the role of the army in protecting them. Geopolitical perspectives are linked to the security issues of the `Near Abroad′, and to the nuclear dimension of security. Pavel K Baev then considers the question of the feasibility of political control over the Russian army. The problem of the politicization of the army is followed through the interlinked issues of stalled military reform and a drastically reduced military budget. Baev examines the current military role of the army with case studies on conflict management in the Caucasus and the army′s performance in the role of peace-keeper in the Chechen War. Finally, the place of the army in Russia′s peace-keeping activities within a broader European context is examined.

Author : Andrew Sanders
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748646579

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Times of Troubles by Andrew Sanders Pdf

This is the first academic study of the British Army in Northern Ireland. It investigates the complex experiences of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish soldiers alike during the often-controversial Operation Banner 1969-2007. The experiences of these soldiers raise many important and difficult questions on war and policy. When do 'troubles', riots and insurgency become war? How does a liberal state respond to an internal war within its own borders? How does it decide on its rules of engagement for its armed forces?Featuring key interviews with former soldiers, paramilitaries and Special Branch detectives, amongst other key actors, the authors attempt to answer these questions and enhance our knowledge of conflict resolution by providing a deep analysis of one of the most significant British military operations since the Second World War.

Author : Tanel Vahisalu
Publisher : Scribl
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780998491707

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History of Russia in 100 Minutes by Tanel Vahisalu Pdf

"History of Russia in 100 Minutes" is a crash course for beginners. Here you will find the complete history summarized and retold in simple language with accurate dates, the most relevant names and essential concepts. After finishing the course, you will know: - The basic characteristics of Russian history in different epochs - The 54 most important rulers and 106 historical persons in Russian history - 126 key dates and events in Russian history - The basic terms and concepts of Russian history The text is accompanied by numerous online resources: - 20,000 pictures - 700 videos - 3,500 songs - 100 podcast episodes All that is available via the smarthistories.com website.

Author : Isaiah Gruber
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501757389

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Orthodox Russia in Crisis by Isaiah Gruber Pdf

A pivotal period in Russian history, the Time of Troubles in the early seventeenth century has taken on new resonance in the country's post-Soviet search for new national narratives. The historical role of the Orthodox Church has emerged as a key theme in contemporary remembrances of this time—but what precisely was that role? The first comprehensive study of the Church during the Troubles, Orthodox Russia in Crisis reconstructs this tumultuous time, offering new interpretations of familiar episodes while delving deep into the archives to uncover a much fuller picture of the era. Analyzing these sources, Isaiah Gruber argues that the business activity of monasteries played a significant role in the origins and course of the Troubles and that frequent changes in power forced Church ideologues to innovate politically, for example inventing new justifications for power to be granted to the people and to royal women. These new ideas, Gruber contends, ultimately helped bring about a new age in Russian spiritual life and a crystallization of the national mentality.

Author : Florence Parry Heide,Judith Heide Gilliland
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0613719565

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Sami And the Time of the Troubles by Florence Parry Heide,Judith Heide Gilliland Pdf

A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.

Author : Harry Turtledove
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345380479

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The Stolen Throne by Harry Turtledove Pdf

THE BORDER WARS An uneasy peace had prevailed these last few years between the Empire of Videssos and rival Makuran. But now Makuran's King of Kings alerted his border holdings--even the small fortress where Abivard's father was lord--to prepare for barbarian raids. But Abivard himself received a warning of a different sort: an eerie prophecy of a field, a hill, and a shield shining across the sea. Before a season had turned, his father and his King lay dead upon the field of battle--the very place foreseen in the vision. Abivard hastened home to defend his family and his land. To his dismay, the most urgent danger came not from marauding tribes, or from Videssos, but from the capital. An obscure and greedy bureaucrat had captured the crown; the rightful heir had disappeared, and no mortal man would say where he might be found. Abivard's strange fate would lead him to his King, though, and on through peril to the very brink of greatness--and of doom! FIRST TIME IN PRINT

Author : Maureen Perrie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0521891019

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Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia by Maureen Perrie Pdf

The first western account of the role of pretenders and impostors in early seventeenth-century Russia.

Author : Iurii Vladimirovich Got'e
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-03
Category : College teachers
ISBN : 069163193X

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Time of Troubles by Iurii Vladimirovich Got'e Pdf

Among the few diaries available from inside early Soviet Russia none approaches Iurii V. Got'e's in sustained length of coverage and depth of vivid detail. Got'e was a member of the Moscow intellectual elite--a complex and unusually observant man, who was a professor at Moscow University and one of the most prominent historians of Russia at the time the revolution broke out. Beginning his first entry with the words Finis Russiae, he describes his life in revolution-torn Moscow from July 8, 1917 through July 23, 1922--nearly the entire period of the Russian Revolution and Civil War up to the advent of the New Economic Policy. This remarkable chronicle, published here for the first time, describes the hardships undergone by Got'e's family and friends and the gradual takeover of the academic and professional sectors of Russia by the new regime. Got'e was in his mid-forties when he wrote the diary. At first he felt that Bolshevism meant complete doom for Russia, but eventually his ardent patriotism led him to accept the Bolsheviks' role in preserving the integrity of the Russian state. The diary was discovered in 1982 in the Hoover Institution Archives, in the papers of Frank Golder, to whom Got'e himself had entrusted it in 1922. It is translated literally and unabridged, with annotations by Terence Emmons. The introduction by Professor Emmons places the diary clearly in the context of Got'e's life and scholarly career. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Scott Ciencin
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786961849

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Shadowdale by Scott Ciencin Pdf

In this landmark Forgotten Realms novel, a band of heroes seeks the one ally who can help them win a deadly race against the gods: Elminster When the gods are banished from the heavens, they must travel through Faerûn in the guise of mortals, seeking to regain their powers. Malevolent Bane, power-hungry Mystra, and Helm—guardian of the heavens—all know the lost Tablets of Fate are key. When four companions, the last survivors of the Company of the Lynx, find themselves in possession of a mysterious amulet, they must escape death at the hand of Bane, god of murder. But time is running out for the heroes and the Realms. Caught in the crossfire, nature itself revolts: strange, deadly creatures stalk the land, and even magic becomes unpredictable. Now embroiled in a high-level power struggle with the fallen deities, the heroes must find the sage Elminster—the only mortal who may know the secret of the tablets. And the search begins in Shadowdale.

Author : Steven A. Usitalo,William Benton Whisenhunt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461643180

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Russian and Soviet History by Steven A. Usitalo,William Benton Whisenhunt Pdf

An original and thought-provoking text, Russian and Soviet History uses noteworthy themes and important events from Russian history to spark classroom discussion. Consisting of twenty essays written by experts in each area, the book showcases current thinking on Russian cultural, political, economic, and social history from the sixteenth century to the demise of the Soviet "experiment." Informed by both archival work and published sources, this text introduces students to Russian history in an accessible and provocative format, and its eclectic essays offer readers an incomparable taste of the complexity and richness of Russia.

Author : Oladele Olusanya
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781796049459

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A Time of Troubles by Oladele Olusanya Pdf

A TIME OF TROUBLES descends on Yorubaland. Set in motion by the collapse of the old Oyo Empire, a hundred years of discord unfolds. It is a time of mayhem, social upheaval and slave raids as the Yoruba city-states are torn apart by fratricidal war. Warlords such as Oluyole, Ogunmola, Kurunmi and Ogedengbe, with their ‘war-boys,’ achieve power and infamy in their various theaters of war from Owu and Ijaiye to Kiriji. Caught up in the chaos are the author’s forebears, the Warrior from Ife, his son Solesi, the war-boy who came back home from capture and exile, and Baba Mamu who, tiring of war, takes solace in his cocoa farm. The story culminates in the bloody defeat of the Ijebus at Imagbon and the imposition of British rule over Yorubaland.

Author : Harry Turtledove
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618244956

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The Time of Troubles II by Harry Turtledove Pdf

Abrivard, marshal of Makuran, has been given an impossible task by his King: destroy the mighty Empire of Videssos. Even as he pondered how to obey, Videssos's legions are on the march, attacking Makuran first. Abrivard finds himself fighting a defensive war, putting his great battle skills to the task of driving the invaders from his home, the land of the Thousand Cities. But even as he struck back at the invader, he realized that force of arms alone would not carry the day, for Videssos's powerful sorcerers were the stuff of legend, and a strong sword are could not stand against a potent battle spell which could strike the mightiest warrior dead from miles away . . . At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).