Imperial Russia 5: The Petrine Revolution (Origins & Institutions)

Lecture presentation for "Imperial Russia, 1689-1917" an upper-level university course focusing on the history of Russia with an emphasis on the country's technological and cultural development.

[bigdark]

Thanks for uploading these lectures sir.

[giuseppelogiurato]

I wouldn't have stuck it out to part 5 if I didn't love it; I don't mean to sound overly critical of this guy... I'm just bored and I don't know anyone who is interested in Russian history, so I'm just commenting a lot in the hopes that someone will read my rantings and deign to reply... I really am enjoying these videos very much.

[callmeswivelhips]

The difference in impact of the printing press is very interesting, because that difference is based on the resources the peasants had access to. In Europe, merchants and capitol gave peasants access to the printing press, along with the knowledge and power it entailed to fight against the aristocrats. But in Russia, such access did not exist, so the printing press actually strengthened the state instead. I just wanted to repeat that with emphasis on the masses. Intriguing.

[giuseppelogiurato]

I'm 31 minutes in, and one thing he hasn't mentioned is "the HUGE importance of uniformity of belief/practice in the Orthodox Church" (in this case, between the Greek and Russian churches)... He is very sympathetic to the "razkolniki", presenting then as if the event was simply a class-war... the majority of people, clergy and lay, rich and poor alike, listened to their Patriarch and accepted the corrections without question... the "Old Believers" are still generally viewed by mainstream Orthodox in the same way a Southern Baptist might view the Amish; "wrong and weird, but harmless and quaint".

[travis.gooden]

I'm only sticking it out to see if this person's cough ever goes away.

[justjust]

On the topic of Stalin (I haven’t watched the Soviet semester) when it comes to morality Stalin is right behind Mao Zedong with the most blood on his hands, *HOWEVER* Stalin took Russia which during the First World War was using outdated guns to what it is today rivaling the US as the most “mightiest” country in the world. Without Stalin Russia would probably be the equivalent of a third world country having to rely on Western Europe for everything.

[bahmanazizi]

I'm a grateful man for all the hümanist movements that began with human rights in the first on a religious basis but the technology that made Renesas possible is mostly Eastern to be credited for For example shipping you said something about the starring reader and I do know navigations sundials that much to thanks on westerns great menace off the day China right with all these technologies began slavery and opium war on the east

[MelBee]

Also from the accounts I've read of Peter he was not handsome. His head listed to the side and that nervous tick made people very uncomfortable. He also had some scars on his face. Doesn't sound like a very handsome guy.

[ingarix]

old believers found "a year ago"? he's clearly referencing the Lykov family which was discovered 40 years ago.

[giuseppelogiurato]

haha, "why STALIN?"

"... next semester"

(he said "influential", not "good")

[toddbuchkovich]

His summation of Nikon's reform does not reflect current scholastisism. Read Meyendorff's "Russia, Ritual and Reform"

[ChristosGoulios]

overuse of the word revolution. there are only two revolutions in society the agrarian and the Industrial. anything else is merely a technological augmentation.

[gary]

Obviously this instructor has never researched the machinations of the jesuits.
He thinks they're wonderful.
This magili seems like a Jesuit coadjutor more than anything else