Russia in the reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich /

Kotoshikhin, Grigoriĭ, -1667,

Russia in the reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich / Grigorii Karpovich Kotoshikhin ; translated by Benjamin Philipp Uroff ; edited by Marshall Poe ; managing editor, Katarzyna Ślusarska. - 1 online resource (189 pages)

Includes glossary and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Dedication -- About Benjamin Uroff by Ralph T. Fisher Jr. -- From Marshall Poe -- Kotoshikhin's World by Marshall Poe -- Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich -- Appendix 1: Weights, Measures, and Currency by Marshall Poe -- Appendix 2: Glossary of Russian Terms by Marshall Poe -- Index.

First English edition of?On Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich?, the only native source that describes the character of the seventeenth-century Russian state and society. It offers a unique and detailed picture of the nature of Russian?autocracy?, life at the tsar's court, social mores of the nobles and commoners, military affairs, diplomatic relations, et cetera The book is a veritable ethnographic encyclopedia of early Russian life.


English, translated from the Russian.

8376560654 9783110368147 3110368145 9788376560656


1600-1699


Nobility--History--Russia--17th century.
HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Nobility.
Politics and government


Russia--History--Alekseĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1645-1676.
Russia--Politics and government--1613-1689.
Russia.


Electronic books.
Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
History.

DK116 / .K6813 2014b

947.05