Examines Russian history from the early eighteenth century until the Revolution, discusses the causes of the czars' decline, and describes the social and politi
"On the basis of the work presented here, one can say that the future of American scholarship on imperial Russia is in good hands." —American Historial Review
History and biography meet in Tales of Imperial Russia, a study of the late-Romanov Russian Empire, told through the figure of Sergei Witte. Like Bismarck or Go