False Tsars

Covering all pretenders to the Russian throne from the Times of Troubles to the end of the nineteenth century, this book stops just short of the false Alekseis and false Anastasias of our time. Explaining why some of the pretenders attracted wide social support, which others lacked, the author examines the role of self-fashioning and impersonation in Russian culture.

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False Tsars

Covering all pretenders to the Russian throne from the Times of Troubles to the end of the nineteenth century, this book stops just short of the false Alekseis and false Anastasias of our time. Explaining why some of the pretenders attracted wide social support, which others lacked, the author examines the role of self-fashioning and impersonation in Russian culture.

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Overview

Covering all pretenders to the Russian throne from the Times of Troubles to the end of the nineteenth century, this book stops just short of the false Alekseis and false Anastasias of our time. Explaining why some of the pretenders attracted wide social support, which others lacked, the author examines the role of self-fashioning and impersonation in Russian culture.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780880334532
Publisher: East European Monographs
Publication date: 11/23/2000
Series: EEM Social Science Monographs Series
Pages: 180
Product dimensions: 5.85(w) x 8.83(h) x 0.71(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Gyula Szvák is the director of the Center for Russian Studies at Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest.

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