Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671-1725

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Cambridge University Press, 2001 - 485 pages
A new narrative of the fifty years of political struggles at the Russian court, 1671-1725. This book shows how Peter the Great was not the all-powerful tsar working alone to reform Russia, but that he colluded with powerful and contentious aristocrats in order to achieve his goals.

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About the author (2001)

Paul Bushkovitch is professor of history at Yale University. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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