CfP: International Peter the Great Congress-2018
Deadline: 19 March 2018 XI International Peter the Great Congress «PETER I AND THE EAST» St Petersburg, 1-2 June 2018 Every year St. Petersburg hosts International Peter the Great Congresses dedicated to the study of the Petrine epoch, preservation and promotion of its legacy and the development of cultural tourism. The Congresses are held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Committee of...
Russian elites facing European norms, models and innovations
Russian elites facing European norms, models and innovations, from the reign of Peter the Great to 1917 Research in process SEMINAIRE INTERNATIONAL Organized by the University Paris I and URFU in the general framework of the 2013-2015 megagrant project. Paris, 14-15 october 2015 OCTOBER 14 MORNING SESSION Salle n° 1, université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 12 place du Panthéon, Paris 5e (métro Cluny-La Sorbonne, RER Luxembourg, bus...
Imperial Boundaries
Brian J. Boeck Imperial Boundaries Cossack Communities and Empire-Building in the Age of Peter the Great Imperial Boundaries is a study of imperial expansion and local transformation on Russia’s Don Steppe frontier during the age of Peter the Great. Brian Boeck connects the rivalry of the Russian and Ottoman empires in the northern Black Sea basin to the social history of the Don Cossacks, who were transformed from an open,...
