“Emperors. Psychological Portraits” is one of the best-known historical and psychological essays by Georgy Chulkov (1879–1939), a writer, critic, publisher, and publicist of the Silver Age.
The author subjects the personalities of Russian emperors from the Romanov dynasty to thorough, comprehensive analysis. His focus is on five rulers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Pavel I, Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II, and Alexander III. Through the prism of imperial images, the reader sees Russia’s contradictory fate—from reforms to reaction, from dictatorships to revolutionary transformations, from light to darkness and back again.
Contents:
Author’s preface
Emperor Pavel
Alexander the First
Nicholas the First
Alexander the Second
Alexander the Third