HISTORY OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA

WEEK - 8
Reign of Nicholas I: The Conquest of the Caucasus

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( an * indicates a recommended site)

Oct. 24:
Susan Layton, "Nineteenth-Century Russian Mythologies of Caucasian Savagery," in coursepack (20 pp.).

Oct. 26:
Excerpt from Leo Tolstoy, "Hadji Murat," in coursepack (2 pp.).
Excerpt from Lesley Blanch, The Sabres of Paradise, in coursepack (43 pp.).

Web Links

Nicholas I and His Reign

First Half of the Century
"City of Order" (1800-1855). A page from Cityvision 2000.
Nicholas I
Nickolas Pavlovich Romanov. From Bob ATchison's "Alexander Palace" site.
Nicholas the Cop. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
Russian Dynasties. Nicholas Pavlovich Romanov. Maintained by Timo Hannukkala.
Nicholas I (Nikolai Pavlovich). From the "Treasures of the Tsars" site. Text compiled by Alexei K. Levykin.
Russia - A Country Study. Check out the section: "Russia: War and Peace / Reaction under Nicholas I."
The Russia of Nicholas I
Russia in 1848 and 1849. Page from James Chastain, Ohio University.
On the Eve of War. From the History of the Russian Navy (from EXPO96). See the next chapters too: Sinop; Sevastopol; To the North and East.

The Writers

(Pushkin). [Find out some general information about Pushkin - his life and works.]
Pushkin's writing of the Caucasus
Prisoner of the Caucasus
"Fountain of Bakchisari" [sic]
(Lermontov). [Find out some general information about Lermontov - his life and works.]
Bestuzhev-Marlinskii
(Tolstoy). [Find out some general information about Tolstoy - his life and works.]
Tolstoy's Hadji Murat
Hadji Murat (online version)
Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy. Notes on the text by Ken Hope (Notes continue for several pages, along with text.)

The Caucusus - Place, People, History