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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Transliteration and Terminology
Frontispiece
Introduction
1. He Fell, Slandered by Rumour
Frenchman Went A-Courtin’
The Duel
The Immediate Aftermath
Of Myths and Cults
Conclusion
2. A Life for the Tsar, an Opera for the Nation
Friday, 27 November 1836: The Premiere
National Music?
National Subject Matter
Conclusion
3. Philosophical Madness
Censorship and Madness
A Letter
Apology or Apologia?
Conclusion
4. In the Flesh
Preparation
On the Road
This Is Russia
Celebrity and Emotion
Conclusion
5. Provinces Animated
The Birth of Provincial Gazettes
The Practical, the Praiseworthy, the Fantastical
A Provincial Mission
Conclusion
6. Guardians of the Benighted
Who Were the State Peasants?
Unfurling the Banner of Guardianship
The Ministry in Action
Would You Like Potatoes with That Reform?
Conclusion
7. Think More About Camels
Russia, Steppe, and Beyond
Towards Confrontation
How to Discipline an Unruly Khanate?
A Wider Lens
The Winter Campaign
Conclusion
8. Orthodoxy Marches West
Russia’s Uniate Inheritance
Origins and Instigators
The Process Begins
Final Phase: 1837–39
Aftermaths
Conclusion
9. A Unicorn, Violent but Submissive
The Decision to Build
Construction, Trials, and Opening
The Next Step?
Conclusion
10. Northern Phoenix
‘The Northern Capital has lost her greatest ornament’4
The (Immediate) Aftermath
Restoration, or ‘Zeal Overcomes All’
Interpretation as Challenge and Opportunity
Conclusion
Conclusion
Index
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