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1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-311) and index |
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figure; Abbreviations; Archive material; Encyclopedias; Collected works; Introduction: The shock of revolution; Chapter 1: A childhood close to power; Chapter 2: The charm of life abroad; Chapter 3: Marriage and a Russian career; chapter 4: Emancipation or isolation?; Chapter 5: To believe in something different is an effort, a fantasy ... ; Chapter 6: The republic of letters; Chapter 7: A good sacred task; Chapter 8: 'Sire, Resist the Friends of Darkness!'; Chapter 9: Retreat into scholarship; Chapter 10: A doffed cap to the Tsar |
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Chapter 7Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Bibliography; A note to the general reader; Published works by Sergei Semyonovich Uvarov [Ouvaroff Fr., Uwarow Ger.]; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Index |
| Summary |
"There is nothing new about the Russian conservatism Putin stands for, acclaimed writer Lesley Chamberlain argues. Rather, as Ministry of Darkness reveals, the roots of Russian conservatism can be traced back to the 19th century when Count Uvarov's notorious cry of 'Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality!' rang through the streets of Russia. Sergei Uvarov was no straightforward conservative; indeed, this man was at once both the pioneering educational reformer who founded the Arzamas Writers' Club to which Pushkin belonged, and the Minister who tyrannised and censored Russia's literary scene. How, then, do we reconcile such extreme contradictions in one person? Through Chamberlain's intimate examination of Uvarov's life and skilled analysis of Russian conservatism, readers learn how the many paradoxes that dominated Uvarov's personal and political life are those which, writ large, have forged the identity of conservative modern Russia and its relationship with the West. This fascinating book sheds new light on an often overlooked historical actor and offers a timely assessment of the 19th-century 'Russian predicament'. In doing so, Chamberlain teases out the reasons why the country continues to baffle Western observers and policymakers, making this essential reading both students of Russian history and those who want to further understand Russia as it is today."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Uvarov, Sergeĭ Semenovich, graf, 1786-1855.
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Uvarov, Sergeĭ Semenovich, graf, 1786-1855 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmXGfDpTDgyHcjjXyqJDq |
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Educators -- Russia.
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Statesmen -- Russia.
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Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917.
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Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917.
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Educators |
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Intellectual life |
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Social conditions |
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Statesmen |
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Russia |
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1801-1917 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Chamberlain, Lesley. Ministry of darkness. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 1350116696 (OCoLC)1084323059 |
| ISBN |
135011670X |
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9781350116702 (electronic bk.) |
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9781350116719 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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1350116718 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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9781350116689 (print) |
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