Full Description
Russia played a fundamental role in the outcome of Napoleonic Wars; the wars also had an impact on almost every area of Russian life. Russia and the Napoleonic Wars brings together significant and new research from Russian and non-Russian historians and their work demonstrates the importance of this period both for Russia and for all of Europe.
Contents
Introduction; Dominic Lieven 1. International Relations in the Napoleonic Era: The Long View; Dominic Lieven 2. Cicero and Aristotle: Cultural Imperialism and the Napoleonic Geography of Empire; Michael Broers 3. Napoleon's Vision of Empire and the Decision to Invade Russia; Alan Forrest 4. Russian Perspectives on European Order: 'Review of the Year 1819'; Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter 5. Alexander I, Talleyrand and France's Future in 1814; Marie-Pierre Rey 6. Russia and Britain in International Relations in the Period 1807-1812; Aleksandr A. Orlov 7. Russia, Napoleon and the Threat to British India; David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye 8. Factions and In-Fighting among Russian Generals in the 1812 Era; Viktor M. Bezotosnyi 9. The 'Maid of Orleans' of the Russian Army: Prince Eugen of Wurttemberg in the Napoleonic Wars; Denis A. Sdvizhkov 10. The Finances of the Russian Empire in the Period of the Patriotic War of 1812 and of the Foreign Campaigns of the Russian Army; Liudmila P. Marnei 11. Patriotism in the Provinces in 1812: Volunteers and Donations; Janet M. Hartley 12. The Russian Imperial Court and Victory Celebrations During the Early Napoleonic Wars; Paul Keenan 13. Orthodox Russia against 'Godless' France: the Russian Church and the 'Holy War' of 1812; Liubov Melnikova 14. The Enemy Behind Our Backs? The Occupation of the Duchy of Warsaw 1813-1814; Andrzej Nieuwazny 15. Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars in the Ruling Elite of the Russian Empire; Grigorii Bibikov 16. The 1812 War and the Civilizing Process in Russia; Alexander M. Martin 17. The Patriotic War of 1812 in the Commemorative Practices and Historical Memory of Russian Society from the Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Centuries; Tatiana Saburova
