History of Russia in the 19th century. volume II

“The History of Russia in the 19th Century” by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Andrei Borisovich Zubov is not a chronological retelling of events, but a reflection on the reasons that brought the possibility of the death of “historical Russia” closer. The catastrophe of the early 20th century, Professor Zubov believes, has much deeper roots than is commonly thought. A careful study of these reasons helps not only to better understand the past, but also to explain the present.

The second volume deals with perhaps the most glorious decade in the history of Russia - 1815–1825. This is a decade of complete peace. For Russia, all wars are over. Europe recognizes the authority of the country that liberated it from Napoleon's rule. Emperor Alexander is called the “Agamemnon of Europe,” comparing him with the leader of the Achaean kings in the legend of the Trojan War. Alexander establishes a constitutional monarchy and the Bourbon dynasty in France, and gathers constitutional Poland under his scepter. He is preparing both an all-Russian constitution and the emancipation of serfs. The Holy Scriptures are translated into more than four dozen languages ​​of the Empire, including modern Russian, and distributed in hundreds of thousands of copies. Russian society, it would seem, is on an unprecedented rise. But the brilliant reign ends strangely and absurdly. Why?