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Article: The Russian Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Searching for a Place in the World
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- Canadian Slavonic Papers
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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Aleksandr B. Kamenskii. The Russian Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Searching for a Place in the World. Trans. and ed. David Griffiths. The New Russian History Series. Annonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1997. xii. 307 pp. Notes. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. $69.95, cloth. $24.95, paper.
This translation of Aleksandr B. Karnenskii's study provides English-speaking audiences with a valuable college textbook. The Russian Empire is a synthesis of much Western and Russian scholarship. Kamenskii clearly demonstrates his familiarity with the most current work. He begins with the era just before Peter the Great and ends with the assassination of Paul. His study of the eighteenth century is ...