History

Aristocrats and Servitors: The Boyar Elite in Russia, 1613-1689

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Published:
Jul 14, 2014
1983
Pages:
340
Size:
6 x 9 in.

Robert O. Crummey uses the methods of collective biography to provide the first modern study of the elite group that dominated Russian government and society in the seventeenth century—the members of the Boyar Duma or royal council between 1613 and 1689. This book examines their careers in governmental service, their position in networks of family relationships and factional groupings, their values and attitudes, and their economic activities.

Originally published in 1983.

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