The Sacralisation of the Battle of Poltava in the Eighteenth-Century Russian Empire
Shortly after its completion, the Battle of Poltava became a key symbol of Russian imperial ideology. Yet the successful completion of the military campaign in Poltava acquired the status of a sacred event only in the last decades of the 18th century. In this article I investigate both the reasons...
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| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2022-02-01
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| Series: | Studi Slavistici |
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| Online Access: | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/11551 |