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Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy from Peter the Great to the Abdication of Nicholas II (New One-Volume Paperback ... the Harriman Institute, Columbia University) (Abridged Edition) by Richard S. Wortman Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-691-12374-8 / 0691123748 ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12374-5 / 9780691123745 This new and abridged edition of Scenarios of Power is a concise version of Richard Wortman's award-winning study of Russian monarchy from the seventeenth century until 1917. The author breaks new ground by showing how imperial ceremony and imagery were not simply displays of the majesty of the |