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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Russkoe Dvorianstvo i Ego Vydaiushchiesia Predstaviteli
[ The Russian nobility and its distinguished representatives]
Rostov-na-Donu: Feniks, 2000 317 p. [16 ill.] Serie: Sled v istorii Hardcover. 13 x 20 cm ISBN: 5222007014 Language: Russian
This monograph is focused on the formation of the nobility in Russia from the Middle Ages to 1917. The sources of the Russian nobility were ancient princes, German knights, Byzantine emperors, Mongol Khans, Georgian and Polish nobility, and those who rose through outstanding military or civil service. The complicated hierarchy of Russian titles and rules of title award and deprivation are explained. One chapter is about the imperial family of the Romanovs. Dynastic trees of the most famous families. Bibliography. Chronology.