How did the Russian monarchy face global imperial competition in the age of industrial capitalism? The seminar will discuss major international events and their influence on economic, political and cultural policies of the 19th century Russia. It will also analyze how imperial elites and intellectuals discussed industrial modernity and its effects on Russia’s role in the world. close

Jane Brubank et al (eds), Russian Empire: space, people, power, 1700-1930. Bloomington: Indiana Universtiy Press, 2007; Andreas Kappeler. The Russian Empire: a multiethnic history. Harlow: Longman, 2001; D.C.B.Lieven. Empire: the Russian Empire and its rivals. London: Pimlico, 2003. close