Republic vs. Autocracy
Poland-Lithuania and Russia, 1686-1697
Published on 30. April 1994
Book
Hardback
350 pages
978-0-916458-45-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Republic vs. Autocracy, Andrzej Kaminski analyzes a pivotal period in the relationship between two Eastern European powers. By this time Poland-Lithuania had lost control of East-Bank Ukraine and Kiev to Russia, and saw the election of a Saxon king to the Polish crown. While Russia was growing stronger in the international sphere, Poland-Lithuania had begun a decline that would eventually lead to the ever-increasing absorption of its territories by its adversaries. This book concentrates on the diplomatic relationship between the two powers as witnessed by the records of the respective offices responsible for foreign affairs. Particular attention is paid to the residences maintained in Warsaw and Moscow. Kaminski shows how Poland-Lithuania and Russia perceived each other, and how the fate of Ukraine and the balance of power in Eastern Europe were decisively altered during these years.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Harvard University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
744 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-916458-45-4 (9780916458454)
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Content
The East European rivals - the Commonwealth, Russia, changing mutual perceptions; professionals and amateurs at the game of diplomacy - the Commonwealth, Russia, gathering information; the Russian residency in Poland - residents, their staffs and living conditions, dispatches from the residents, communications problems, gathering information, the residents' influence on policy-makers in the Kremlin, evaluation of the Russian residents, Polish appraisals of the Russian residents; the Polish residency in Moscow - the Polish-Lithuanian ambassador to Moscow and his staff, relations with aristocrats and bureaucrats, sources of information, evaluation of the Polish resident; the Ukrainian paradox - the Cossacks, Polish influence, role of the clergy, the union of Hadiach, the Commonwealth and Ukraine, Muscovy and Ukraine; the Solomon affair; the allure of a separate peace - the Ottomans and the Moldavian "Third Turk", the Belevich mission to Moscow, Dowmont and Ukraintsev - strained meetings in Moscow; Tsar Peter and the election of August II.