TY - BOOK ID - 51282206 TI - Ruling Russia : politics and administration in the age of absolutism 1762-1796 PY - 1984 SN - 0691054258 9781400855780 1400855780 9780691054254 0691612102 9780691612102 9780691612102 PB - Princeton (N.J.): Princeton university press DB - UniCat KW - Administrative agencies KW - Executive departments KW - History KW - Russia KW - Politics and government KW - Departments, Executive KW - Government ministries KW - Ministries, Government KW - Ministries, State KW - State ministries KW - Agencies, Administrative KW - Executive agencies KW - Government agencies KW - Regulatory agencies KW - Administrative law KW - Public administration KW - Law and legislation KW - Soviet Union UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:51282206 AB - This book explores thoroughly the reforms of Russian administration from 1775 to 1785, this work also reaches beyond Catherine's reign to challenge established opinions on the nature of eighteenth-century Russian government and the autocracy of the tsars.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -