Russian Officialdom: The Bureaucratization of Russian Society from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century

Table of contents

The first page of every section is available free to non-members – click a section heading to start reading now!

• Russian Officialdom *
• Russian Officialdom - The Bureaucratization of Russian Society from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century *
• Contents v
• Tables vii
• Glossary xi
• Abbreviations Frequently Used xiii
• Citations to Soviet Archival Collections xv
• Acknowledgments xvii
• Russian Officialdom *
• Chapter One - Officialdom and Bureaucratization: an Introduction 3
• Chapter Two - Seventeenth-Century Chanceries and Their Staffs 19
• Chapter Three - The Origins of the Noble Official: the Boyar Elite, 1613-1689 46
• Chapter Four - Social and Career Characteristics of the Administrative Elite, 1689-1761 76
• Chapter Five - Eighteenth-Century Nobiliary Career Patterns and Provincial Government 106
• Chapter Six - The Emergence of a Military-Administrative Elite in the Don Cossack Land, 1708-1836 130
• Chapter Seven - Chiny, Ordena, and Officialdom 162

• Russian Officialdom *
• Russian Officialdom - The Bureaucratization of Russian Society from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century *
• Contents v
• Tables vii
• Glossary xi
• Abbreviations Frequently Used xiii
• Citations to Soviet Archival Collections xv
• Acknowledgments xvii
• Russian Officialdom *
• Chapter One - Officialdom and Bureaucratization: an Introduction 3
• Chapter Two - Seventeenth-Century Chanceries and Their Staffs 19
• Chapter Three - The Origins of the Noble Official: the Boyar Elite, 1613-1689 46
• Chapter Four - Social and Career Characteristics of the Administrative Elite, 1689-1761 76
• Chapter Five - Eighteenth-Century Nobiliary Career Patterns and Provincial Government 106
• Chapter Six - The Emergence of a Military-Administrative Elite in the Don Cossack Land, 1708-1836 130
• Chapter Seven - Chiny, Ordena, and Officialdom 162
• Chapter Eight - The Evolution of Civil Officialdom, 1755-1855 190
• Chapter Nine - Civil Officialdom and the Nobility in the 1850s 227
• Chapter Ten - High Officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 1855-1881 250
• Chapter Eleven - Organizational Change and Social Adaptation: the Pre-Revolutionary Ministry of Internal Affairs 283
• Chapter Twelve - Administration for Development: the Emerging Bureaucratic Elite, 1920-1930 316
• Chapter Thirteen - Evolution of Leadership Selection in the Central Committee, 1917-1927 355
• Chapter Fourteen - Officialdom and Bureaucratization: Conclusion 369
• Bibliography 381
• Contributors 387
• Index 389