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The Decline of Imperial Russia, 1855-1914
The Decline of Imperial Russia, 1855-1914
By Hugh Seton-Watson
Praeger, 1952, 406 pp.

Professor Seton-Watson, who approaches his subject from a background of interest in the smaller countries of Eastern Europe, traces the crises of the Russian Empire from the Crimean War to the First World War. His approach gives him some useful insights.