Russia's imperial past has shaped modern Russian identity and historical experience. The Russian Empire 1450-1801 surveys the empire's emergence and governance, exploring how the state maintained control of defense, criminal law, taxation, and mobilization of resources, while tolerating local religions, languages, cultures, and institutions.
this masterpiece will accompany us for years to come. It is a gift given to the entire spectrum of people engaging with Russian history - from the public to the specialists - by a scholar most intimately with the sources as well as the scholarship.
