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Emancipation of Russian Nobility, 1762-1785
By (Author) Robert E. Jones
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
305.5220947
Hardback
340
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
652g
Catherine the Great's treatment of the Russian nobility has usually been regarded as dictated by court politics or her personal predilections. Citing new archival sources, Robert Jones shows that her redefinition and reorganization of the Russian nobility were in fact motivated by reasons of state. In 1762, Peter III had "emancipated" the nobility