THE RISE AND FALL OF THE RUSSIAN AUTOCRACY

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE RUSSIAN AUTOCRACYThis book contains thirty three essays on the subject of the Russian Orthodox Autocracy. The essays are arranged in roughly chronological order, covering the period from the founding of the Russian Autocracy by St. Vladimir in 988 to its temporary demise with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917. The book was felt to be necessary because at the moment there exists very little literature in the English language on the subject of the Russian

This book contains thirty-three essays on the subject of the Russian Orthodox Autocracy. The essays are arranged in roughly chronological order, covering the period from the founding of the Russian Autocracy by St. Vladimir in 988 to its temporary demise with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917. The book was felt to be necessary because at the moment there exists very little literature in the English language on the subject of the Russian Autocracy from an Orthodox Christian point of view. Its aim is, with the help of God, to increase the understanding of a central concept in the Russian peopleÕs understanding of themselves and their history. A secondary purpose of the book is to make somewhat better known to English-speaking readers the works of some of the best writers on the Orthodox Autocracy, such as Archpriest Lev Lebedev, Ivan Solonevich, C.P. Pobedonostsev, L.A. Tikhomirov, M.V. Zyzykin, I.A. Ilyin, St. John Maximovich and Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow.