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The Origins of Autocracy: Ivan the Terrible in Russian History
by YANOV, ALEXANDER
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0520042824
- ISBN 13
- 9780520042827
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Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Translated by Stephen Dunn. First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean and unmarked red cloth binding, gilt lettered on spine. Trace wear to extremities, tight & solid sewn binding. Clean, bright, red jacket., unclipped. Quarter inch closed tear to rear edge of spine head. A. Yanov provides a provocative and highly original study of the role of Tsar Ivan IV-known as Ivan the Terrible-in Russia's past, and his power over Russia's present and future. He explores the bloody revolution of 1565 that led to a reign of terror, when Ivan brushed aside Russia's European heritage and fundamentally altered its future. Russian history since then may be seen as a cycle of attempts to break out of the autocratic mold, followed by violent restorations of the ancient regime, headed in turn by Peter I, Paul I, Nicholas I, Alexander III, and finally, by Lenin and Stalin. His special theme is the interplay of power and ideas. He traces the history of what he calls Ivaniana-the crucial debate over Ivan the Terrible, through 15 generations of Russian historians. 339 pages with bibliography and index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 1981, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Title
- The Origins of Autocracy: Ivan the Terrible in Russian History
- Author
- YANOV, ALEXANDER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520042824
- ISBN 13
- 9780520042827
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA, USA
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- HISTORY, RUSSIA IVAN IV, 1533-1584 CZARS OF ARISTOCRACY III DESPOTISM PETER I, THE GREAT
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- 0 oz
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