This is the first comprehensive examination of the Russian ruling elite and its political institutions during an important period of state building, from the em

This is the first comprehensive examination of the Russian ruling elite and its political institutions during an important period of state building, from the em

This book explores thoroughly the reforms of Russian administration from 1775 to 1785, this work also reaches beyond Catherine's reign to challenge established

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced

The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.