Russia's Great Reforms, 1855–1881

A comprehensive analysis of nineteenth-century Russia's most important attempt at peaceful reforms.

The Great Reforms undertaken during the reign of Alexander I represented a unique attempt by the tsarist government to restructure virtually every aspect of Russian life. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of nineteenth-century Russia's attempt at peaceful reforms.

"[The book] succeeds remarkably in providing a multifaceted, yet interconnected, analysis of this signal era of modern Russian history and it is heartily recommended." —The Historian

This volume, the work of an international group of scholars that includes historians from Russia, maps out the major landmarks in the conceptualization and implementation of the Great Reforms during the reign of Alexander II and proposes a variety of perspectives from which to view them.