Modernizing Muscovy

First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-century Russian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilight of the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamic change in the late Muscovite state, economy, and society, the book demonstrates the crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russia's transition to one of the great powers of the world. The book's broad scope makes it a veritable encyclopaedia of late Muscovite history. It both synthesizes previous scholarship and breaks new ground in many important areas.

Jarmo Kotilaine a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He is the author of several books and articles on Russian, Eastern European, and Scandinavian economic history. Marshall Poe has taught history at Harvard, Columbia and New York University. Dr Poe is currently an editorial analyst for The Atlantic Monthly and lives in Washington, DC.

Introduction; Background; The State and its Servants; The Economy; The Military and International Relations; Religion and Culture; The Arts and Sciences; Self and Society; Afterword