Russia on the eve of modernity: popular religion and traditional culture under the last Tsars
Introduction -- The traditional worldview -- The old believers : modernization as apocalypse -- The sectarians : dualism and secret history -- Folk eschatology -- The assassination of Alexander II (1881) and folk tsarism -- The year of famine and cholera (1891-1892) : the demonization of the nobilit...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge University Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series/Journal: | New studies in European history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Russia
/ Folk religion
/ History 1850-1917
B Russia / Rural population / World view / History 1850-1917 B Russia / Rural population / World view / Folk religion / Popular belief / History 1850-1917 |
| Further subjects: | B
Russia
Religious life and customs
B Russia Civilization 1801-1917 B Popular Culture (Russia) B Russia Civilization 1801-1917 B Popular Culture Russia |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Introduction -- The traditional worldview -- The old believers : modernization as apocalypse -- The sectarians : dualism and secret history -- Folk eschatology -- The assassination of Alexander II (1881) and folk tsarism -- The year of famine and cholera (1891-1892) : the demonization of the nobility -- The Japanese war : peasant Russia and the wider world -- 1905 : revolution or reaction? -- The Great War and the crisis of the traditional culture |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0521881773 |