Maps

The Expansion of Muscovy in the 16th and 17th Centuries

The Expansion of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century

Russian Expansion under Catherine the Great

Russia at its Greatest Extent

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Russian Empire: How and Why

State-Building

The First Crises of Empire

The Secular State of Peter the Great

Assimilating Peter's Heritage

The Apogee of the Secular State

Social Classes, Religion and Culture in Imperial Russia

The Nobility

The Army

The Peasantry

The Orthodox Church

Towns and the Missing Bourgeoisie

The Birth of the Intelligentsia

Literature as 'Nation-Builder'

Imperial Russia under Pressure

The Reforms of Alexander II

Russian Socialism

Russification

The Revolution of 1905-7

The Duma Monarchy

Conclusions

Afterthoughts on the Soviet Experience

Chronology

Notes

Index

Geoffrey Hosking is retired Professor of Russian History at the University College London.

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