TY - BOOK ID - 8435303 TI - Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich AU - Kotoshikhin, Grigorii Karpovich AU - Ślusarska, Katarzyna AU - Poe, Marshall AU - Uroff, Benjamin Phillip PY - 2014 SN - 8376560646 8376560654 3110368145 PB - De Gruyter DB - UniCat KW - Regions & Countries - Europe KW - History & Archaeology KW - Russia & Former Soviet Republics KW - Nobility KW - History KW - Russia KW - Politics and government KW - Noble class KW - Noble families KW - Nobles (Social class) KW - Peerage KW - Soviet Union KW - Upper class KW - Aristocracy (Social class) KW - Titles of honor and nobility KW - Primary source KW - Russian History KW - Muscovy history KW - Early Modern History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8435303 AB - The book presents the first English edition of "On Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich" by Grigorii Kotoshikhin. This is the only native source describing the character of the seventeenth-century Russian state and society. It offers a unique and detailed picture of the nature of Russian "autocracy", the life at the tsar's court, social mores of the nobles and commoners of those times, military affairs, diplomatic relations, etc. The book is a veritable ethnographic encyclopedia of early Russian life. With broad commentaries and supporting materials provided by the translator, Benjamin Uroff, and the editor, Marshall Poe, it provides an invaluable source for understanding XVII-century Muscovite Russia. ER -