Tales of Imperial Russia

The Life and Times of Sergei Witte, 1849-1915

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Russia, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Tales of Imperial Russia by Francis W. Wcislo, OUP Oxford
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Francis W. Wcislo ISBN: 9780191613814
Publisher: OUP Oxford Publication: March 17, 2011
Imprint: OUP Oxford Language: English
Author: Francis W. Wcislo
ISBN: 9780191613814
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication: March 17, 2011
Imprint: OUP Oxford
Language: English

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 Gorbachev, Witte was a European statesman serving an empire. He was the most important statesman of pre-revolutionary Russia. In the Georgia, Odessa, Kyiv, and St. Petersburg of the nineteenth century, he inhabited the worlds of the Victorian Age, as young boy, student, railway executive, lover of divorcees and Jews, monarchist, and technocrat. His political career saw him construct the Tran-Siberian Railway, propel Russia towards Far Eastern war with Japan, visit America in 1905 to negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth concluding that war, and return home to confront revolutionary disorder with the State Duma, the first Russian parliament. The book is based on two memoir manuscripts that Witte wrote between 1906 and 1912, and includes his account of Nicholas II, the Empress Alexandra, and the machinations of a Russian imperial court that he believed were leading the country to revolution. Telling the story both of a life and of the last days of the Tsarist empire, Tales of Imperial Russia will delight and inform all those interested in biography, literature, and history, as well as readers interested in the history of modern Russia.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 Gorbachev, Witte was a European statesman serving an empire. He was the most important statesman of pre-revolutionary Russia. In the Georgia, Odessa, Kyiv, and St. Petersburg of the nineteenth century, he inhabited the worlds of the Victorian Age, as young boy, student, railway executive, lover of divorcees and Jews, monarchist, and technocrat. His political career saw him construct the Tran-Siberian Railway, propel Russia towards Far Eastern war with Japan, visit America in 1905 to negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth concluding that war, and return home to confront revolutionary disorder with the State Duma, the first Russian parliament. The book is based on two memoir manuscripts that Witte wrote between 1906 and 1912, and includes his account of Nicholas II, the Empress Alexandra, and the machinations of a Russian imperial court that he believed were leading the country to revolution. Telling the story both of a life and of the last days of the Tsarist empire, Tales of Imperial Russia will delight and inform all those interested in biography, literature, and history, as well as readers interested in the history of modern Russia.

More books from OUP Oxford

Cover of the book The History of Emotions by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book France Since 1945 by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Tarr by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book A College Course on Relativity and Cosmology by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Locke and Cartesian Philosophy by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Enchanted Europe:Superstition, Reason, and Religion 1250-1750 by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Multiple Sclerosis by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Millington and Sutherland Williams on The Proceeds of Crime by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book The Law of International Human Rights Protection by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book The Oxford History of Britain by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Normativity by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Big Data: A Very Short Introduction by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Philosophy of Social Science by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Primitive Colors by Francis W. Wcislo
Cover of the book Our Mutual Friend by Francis W. Wcislo
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy