Geogorij Kotoshkin On Russia in the reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich

First English edition of "On Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich", the only native source that describes the character of the seventeenth-century Russian state and society.

It offers a unique and detailed picture of the nature of Russian "autocracy", life at the tsar's court, social mores of the nobles and commoners, military affairs, diplomatic relations, etc..

The book is a veritable ethnographic encyclopedia of early Russian life.