Russia on the eve of modernity: popular religion and traditional culture under the last Tsars

Introduction -- The traditional worldview -- The old believers : modernization as apocalypse -- The sectarians : dualism and secret history -- Folk eschatology -- The assassination of Alexander II (1881) and folk tsarism -- The year of famine and cholera (1891-1892) : the demonization of the nobilit...

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Main Author: Heretz, Leonid (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge University Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Edition:1. publ.
Series/Journal:New studies in European history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Russia / Folk religion / History 1850-1917
B Russia / Rural population / World view / History 1850-1917
B Russia / Rural population / World view / Folk religion / Popular belief / History 1850-1917
Further subjects:B Russia Religious life and customs
B Russia Civilization 1801-1917
B Popular Culture (Russia)
B Russia Civilization 1801-1917
B Popular Culture Russia
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Summary:Introduction -- The traditional worldview -- The old believers : modernization as apocalypse -- The sectarians : dualism and secret history -- Folk eschatology -- The assassination of Alexander II (1881) and folk tsarism -- The year of famine and cholera (1891-1892) : the demonization of the nobility -- The Japanese war : peasant Russia and the wider world -- 1905 : revolution or reaction? -- The Great War and the crisis of the traditional culture
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:0521881773