История России XIX столетия. том II

"Istorii͡a Rossii XIX stoletii͡a" doktora istoricheskikh nauk, professora Andrei͡a Borisovicha Zubova - ne khronologicheskiĭ pereskaz sobytiĭ, a razmyshlenie nad prichinami, kotorye priblizhali vozmozhnostʹ gibeli "istoricheskoĭ Rossii". Katastrofa nachala XX veka, schitaet professor Zubov, imeet namnogo bolee glubokie korni, chem prini͡ato dumatʹ. Vnimatelʹnoe izuchenie ėtikh prichin pomogaet ne tolʹko luchshe poni͡atʹ proshloe, no i obʺi͡asnitʹ nastoi͡ashchee. Vo vtorom tome rechʹ idët o samom slavnom, bytʹ mozhet, desi͡atiletii v istorii Rossii - 1815-1825 godakh. Ėto desi͡atiletie polnogo mira. Dli͡a Rossii vse voĭny zakoncheny. Evropa priznaët avtoritet strany, osvobodivsheĭ eë ot vlasti Napoleona. Imperatora Aleksandra imenui͡ut "Agamemnonom Evropy", sravnivai͡a ego s vozhdëm akheĭskikh t͡sareĭ v predanii o Troi͡anskoĭ voĭne. Aleksandr ustanavlivaet konstitut͡sionnui͡u monarkhii͡u i dinastii͡u Burbonov vo Frant͡sii, sobiraet pod svoim skipetrom konstitut͡sionnui͡u Polʹshu. On gotovit i obshcherossiĭskui͡u konstitut͡sii͡u, i osvobozhdenie krepostnykh krestʹi͡an. Svi͡ashchennoe Pisanie perevoditsi͡a na bolee chem chetyre desi͡atka i͡azykov Imperii, v tom chisle i na sovremennyĭ russkiĭ, i rasprostrani͡aetsi͡a v sotni͡akh tysi͡ach ėkzempli͡arov. Rossiĭskoe obshchestvo, kazalosʹ by, nakhoditsi͡a na nebyvalom podʺëme. No blistatelʹnoe t͡sarstvovanie zavershaetsi͡a stranno i nelepo. Pochemu?

"The History of Russia in the 19th Century" by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Andrey 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 the most glorious decade, perhaps, 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 freed it from the rule of Napoleon. Emperor Alexander is called the "Agamemnon of Europe", comparing him to the leader of the Achaean kings in the legend of the Trojan War. Alexander establishes a constitutional monarchy and the Bourbon dynasty in France, gathers constitutional Poland under his scepter. He is preparing both the all-Russian constitution and the emancipation of the 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?