Marc Raeff (1923–2008)

Author of Origins of the Russian Intelligentsia: The Eighteenth-Century Nobility

About the Author

Russian historian Marc Raeff was born in Moscow on July 28, 1923. He moved to the United States with his family and briefly attended City College of New York before being drafted into the Army during World War II. He spent the war years as an interpreter in prisoner-of-war camps. He received a Ph.D show more from Harvard University in 1950. He taught at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1949 to 1961 and at Columbia University from 1961 to 1988. He was one of the country's leading scholars of Russian history specializing in imperial Russia. His wrote numerous books including Origins of the Russian Intelligentsia, Understanding Imperial Russia, and Russia Abroad: A Cultural History of Russian Emigration, 1919 - 1939. He died from Lou Gehrig's disease on September 20, 2008 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Marc Raeff

Russian Intellectual History: An Anthology (1966) 45 copies

Understanding Imperial Russia (1984) 35 copies

Catherine the Great; a profile (1972) 24 copies

The Decembrist Movement (1966) 23 copies

Imperial Russia 1682-1825;: The coming of age of modern Russia (Borzoi history of Russia) (1971) 11 copies

Russia Abroad: A Cultural History of the Russian Emigration, 1919-1939 (1990) 11 copies

La Russia degli zar (1984) 9 copies

Plans for political reform in Imperial Russia, 1730-1905 (1966) 8 copies

Michael Speransky Statesman of Imperial Russia 1772-1839 (1957) 7 copies

Comprendre l'ancien regime russe: Etat et societe en Russie imperiale : essai d'interpretation (L'Univers historique) (French Edition) (1981) — Author — 3 copies

Politique et culture en Russie : 18e-20e siecles (1996) 2 copies

The Well-Ordered Police State: Social and Institutional Change Through Law in the Germanies and Russia, 1600-1800 (1983) 2 copies

Political Ideas & Institutions In Imperial Russia (1994) 1 copy

The Russian Empire: The Romanovs and Their Books 1 copy

The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier: A Unique Eyewitness Account of the Face of Battle from Inside the Ranks of Bonaparte's Grand Army 1 copy

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Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier (1932) — Editor, some editions — 562 copies, 8 reviews

Peter the Great Transforms Russia (Problems in European Civilization) (1972) — Contributor — 97 copies, 1 review

State and Society in Europe from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century: Proceedings of the First Conference of Polish and American Historians Nieborow, Poland, May 27-29, 1974 — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy

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Other names: Raev, Mark Isaakovich
Раев, Марк Исаакович
Birthdate: 1923-07-28
Date of death: 2008-09-20
Gender: male
Education: City College of New York
Harvard University (PhD|1950)
Occupations: historian
Organizations: Clark University
Short biography: Married to Lillian Raeff, with two daughters, Anne and Catherine.
Nationality: USSR (birth)
USA
Birthplace: Moscow, Soviet Union
Places of residence: Berlin, Germany
Paris, France
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death: Teaneck, New Jersey, USA

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languagehat 389 reviews

Origins of the Russian Intelligentsia: The Eighteenth-Century Nobility by Marc Raeff

This is a superb book. It was already a classic when I was in college circa 1970, and I wish I'd read it then (as a Russian major) -- it explains so much that I've had to pick up in bits and pieces as I read my way through Russian history and literature. It's a short book and probably too sweeping in its conclusions, but it's better to have a clear idea that's essentially correct (the intelligentsia came out of the frustrated service ideals of the Russian eighteenth-century nobility) -- you show more can always refine the details later. If you have any interest in the topic, read this book. show less

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g-north 3 reviews

Origins of the Russian Intelligentia, The Eighteenth-Century Nobility by Marc Raeff

This is an excellent book explaining how Peter the Great changed the relationship between the nobility and the Emperor. These changes turned the nobility from its state of rural complacency to service to the Tsar. This led to more contact with Western Europe and the Enlightenment thinkers. More breakdown of old customs eventually led to the problems of the Nineteenth Century.

Copyright 1966, by Harcourt Brace Javanovich.

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