Under Peter the Great, Russia evolved into an 18th century political and military power and a key player on the European stage.
- Examines Peter the Great's complex personality and assesses his aims and achievements in Russia and abroad.
- Details the cultural and intellectual advancements of Peter's reign.
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Peter the Great (1672--1755), was one of the formative figures in the history of early modern Europe: under his leadership Russia emerged from semi-Asiatic isolation to become a great political and military power in her own right, and, for the first time, a principal actor on the European stage. In this well-known book, based on Russian sources throughout, M.S. Anderson examines Peter's career and its impact on Russia and the wider world, and assesses his complex personality as both Westernising visionary reformer and brutal autocrat. This second edition of
Peter the Great,in the
Profiles in Power series, is not a biography, though inevitably it contains much biographical material, it instead analyzes the major features, achievements and failures of Peter's career.
M.S. Anderson Emeritus, University of London
