TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leonard,Carol Scott
TI  - Reform and regicide: the reign of Peter III of Russia 
T2  - Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies
SN  - 058520103X
AV  - DK166 .L64 1993eb
U1  - 947/.062 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Peter
KW  - Peter (Russland, Zar, III.)
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Historical
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Hervormingen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Politik
KW  - gnd
KW  - Russia & Former Soviet Republics
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Regions & Countries - Europe
KW  - History & Archaeology
KW  - Russia
KW  - History
KW  - Peter III, 1762
KW  - Russie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 1762 (Pierre III)
KW  - fast
KW  - Russland
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-228) and index; Origins of reform -- Emancipation of the Russian nobility -- Secularization of the ecclesiastical estates -- National revenues -- Foreign policy -- Why the coup? -- Conclusion: Russian autocracy at mid-century; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - The victim of a coup engineered by his wife, the future Catherine the Great, who portrayed him as "a libertine, a halfwit, and a drunkard whose contempt for ordinary decency and for his country made imperative his removal," Emperor Peter III has received short shrift from Russian and Western historians. Challenging traditional interpretations, Carol S. Leonard argues that the policies and legislation pursued by Peter III during his short reign in 1762 were not foolish and arbitrary but rather were firmly rooted in the traditions of Russian absolutism and the intellectual climate of the mid-eighteenth century. Leonard views Peter III as a serious ruler who, with a circle of talented advisors, instituted fundamental changes of an enlightened nature. Important turning points during Peter III's reign involved the emancipation of the nobility from compulsory service, the secularization of church property, the institution of progressive economic policies, the extrication of Russia from its costly participation in the Seven Years War, and the inception of an alliance with Prussia that was to be the cornerstone of Russian foreign policy through much of the Imperial period
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