Count Sergei Witte and the Twilight of Imperial Russia
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Count Sergei Witte and the Twilight of Imperial Russia: A Biography


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Sergei Witte served as finance minister and later prime minister of Russia during the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II, and was in large part responsible for the development policies which saw Russia transformed from a peasant economy into an industrial nation. This is the first biography of Witte in English.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 The Formative Years, 1849-1865; Chapter 2 The Odessa Years, 1865-1879; Chapter 3 St. Petersburg and Kiev, 1879-1891; Chapter 4 Monsieur Vite, 1889-1892; Chapter 5 Minister of Finance, 1892-1894; Chapter 6 A New Reign, an Old Course, 1894-1896; Chapter 7 The Witte System in Operation, 1892-1899; Chapter 8 Questions of War and Peace, 1896-1899; Chapter 9 Decline and Fall, 1899-1903; Chapter 10 A Mere Spectator, 1903-1904; Chapter 11 Political Spring, July-December 1904; Chapter 12 In the Wake of Bloody Sunday, January-June 1905; Chapter 13 Peace with Honor?; Chapter 14 Return Home; Chapter 15 Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire; Chapter 16 Honeymoon? The First Ten Days; Chapter 17 Keeping the Promise of October 17; Chapter 18 Revolution and Counterrevolution; Chapter 19 "The Loan That Saved Russia"; Chapter 20 Implementing the October Manifesto; Chapter 21 The Last Lap; Chapter 22 Exile? Assassination? May 1906-June 1907; Chapter 23 The Stolypin Years, June 1907-September 1911; Chapter 24 Last Years, 1911-1915; aft Afterword;

About the Author :
Sidney Harcave is professor emeritus of history at the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he taught for thirty years. Among his many books issued in numerous editions are: Russia: A History; First Blood: The Russian Revolution of 1905; Years of the Golden Cockerel: The Last Romanov Tsars, 1814-1917; and The Memoirs of Count Witte.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781317473756
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1317473752
  • Publisher Date: 08 Apr 2015
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: A Biography

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