Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671-1725

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Cover Half-title Series-title Title Copyright Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction Prologue: Court politics and reform CHAPTER 1 Tsar and boyars: structures and values CEREMONIAL THE BOYARS AND THEIR VALUES NEW TRENDS CHAPTER 2 The ascendancy of Artamon Matveev, 1671–1676 MATVEEV’S RISE MATVEEV IN POWER CHAPTER 3 The reign of Tsar Fyodor, 1676–1682 THE RISE OF PRINCE V. V. GOLITSYN TSAR FYODR’S EMANCIPATION CHAPTER 4 The regency of Sofia, 1682–1689 THE REVOLT OF THE MUSKETEERS SOFIA AND GOLITSYN IN POWER CHAPTER 5 Peter in power, 1689–1699 THE AZOV CAMPAIGNS TRAVEL AND REBELLION CHAPTER 6 Peter and the favorites: Golovin and Menshikov, 1699–1706 WAR AND BOYARS THE NORTHERN WAR THE RISE OF MENSHIKOV MENSHIKOV AND SHEREMETEV CHAPTER 7 Poltava and the new gubernias, 1707–1709 THE NEW GUBERNIAS THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR CHAPTER 8 The Senate and the eclipse of Menshikov, 1709–1715 CHAPTER 9 The affair of the tsarevich, 1715–1717 CHAPTER 10 The end of Aleksei Petrovich, 1718 Epilogue and conclusion, 1718–1725 ARISTOCRATS AND DIGNITARIES CULTURE AND POWER CONCLUSION Bibliography PRINCIPAL ARCHIVAL SOURCES REFERENCE WORKS PUBLISHED SOURCES SECONDARY LITERATURE Index