The Tsar's Viceroys : : Russian Provincial Governors in the Last Years of the Empire /

The Tsar's Viceroys : : Russian Provincial Governors in the Last Years of the Empire / / Richard G. Robbins.

Wrestling with a would-be assassin, inspecting the toilets in a rural prison, responding to a challenge from his mistress's enraged husband—all these matters could be part of a Russian provincial governor's day. More often, he was entangled in administrative routine, troubled by a steady f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Robbins, Richard G.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1988
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; 8 b&w halftones, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Author’s Notes
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Fifty Good Governors
  • 3. It Comes with the Territory
  • 4. Viceroy and Flunky
  • 5. Prisoner of the Clerks
  • 6. The Issue of Their Charm
  • 7. Persuaders-in-Chief
  • 8. Instruments of Force
  • 9. Their Compulsory Game
  • 10. Conclusions
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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