The Decline of Imperial Russia: 1855 - 1914

The book is divided up by period: the reign of Alexander II (1855-81), the period of reaction (1881-1905) and the 'Revolution' of 1905 and its aftermath (1905-14) and also into three sections: the structure of state and society, political movements and foreign relations.

CONTENTS

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-- Introduction

PART ONE: THE TSAR LIBERATOR, 1855-1881. -- CHAPTER I THE BACKGROUND -- The Country and the People -- Social Classes -- Emperor and Bureaucracy -- The Intelligentsia -- Church and Religion -- The Nationalities -- CHAPTER II FROM REFORM TO ASSASSINATION -- The Emancipation of the Serfs -- Reforms and Opposition -- Education and Radicalism -- The Revolutionary Movement -- CHAPTER III FOREIGN RELATIONS -- The Polish Question -- Expansion in Asia -- Panslavism and the Balkans

PART TWO: REACTION, 1881-1904. -- CHAPTER IV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- The Agrarian Problem -- The Growth of Industry -- Labour policy -- CHAPTER V POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT -- Central and Local Government -- The Political Revival -- The Social Democratic Movement -- The Socialist-Revolutionaries -- The Nationalities -- CHAPTER VI FOREIGN RELATIONS -- The Three Empires and the Balkans -- The Franco-Russian Alliance -- The Three Empires, Poland and Ukraine -- The Balkans in the Nineties -- The Far East

PART THREE: THE LAST CHANCES, 1905-1914. -- CHAPTER VII THE DAYS OF LIBERTY -- The Revolutionary Movement -- Social Classes in 1905 -- The Nationalities in 1905 -- Duma, Parties and Government -- CHAPTER VIII REACTION AND CONSOLIDATION -- Tsar, Ministers and Duma -- Agricultural Policy -- General Economic Development -- The Revolutionaries -- The Nationalities -- CHAPTER IX THE COMING OF THE WAR -- Russia, Germany and France -- Russia, Austria and Neoslavism -- Russia, Britain and Germany -- The Far East -- The Balkans

- EPILOGUE 

- BIBLIOGRAPHY