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1837: The Hidden Transformation of Russia

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Russia during the reign of Nicholas I is traditionally viewed as a dramatic period of conservative turn, social stagnation, and the strengthening of autocratic power. Historian P. Werth's book seeks to demonstrate that the future era of reform was born within these "dark times." The author focuses on the year 1837, which encompassed many significant events: Pushkin's death, the fire in the Winter Palace, the construction of railways, the emergence of the provincial press, the development of Russian opera, the Romanovs' first visit to Siberia, and so on. Each chapter is devoted to a specific area of Russian social life during that period—culture, the press, ideological quests, industry, religion, and so on. Analyzing the main vectors of the country's development, Paul Werth concludes that 1837 was a turning point for the country's entry into the modern era, the cradle of the "Quiet Revolution"—a slow, hidden, but fundamental transformation of the country's socio-political structure.

Paul Werth is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Nevada and a specialist in Russian history.
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