The course provides an introduction to the history of the Russian empire during the ‘long eighteenth century’; that is, from the accession of Peter I (the Great) in 1682 to the death of Alexander I in ...

A full reading list will be provided at the start of the course. Useful introductory works include: J Hartley, A Social History of the Russian Empire 1650-1825; S Dixon, The Modernization of Russia: ...

This is the story of the Decembrist revolt of 1825, in which a group of army officers tried to change the course of Russian ...