Peter - Moscow. Fight for Russia. Pyzhikov A.V.

The confrontation between the Moscow merchants and the St. Petersburg elite, which lasted almost 300 years, was somehow reduced to the issue of modernization of Russia. The position of the Moscow bourgeoisie, the roots of which went to the peasantry, radically different from the views of the Europeanized St. Petersburg nobles. The competition between the largest financial centers of the empire was invariably reflected in the policy and economics of the entire state. When and why did the antagonism arise between Moscow and St. Petersburg? How did the beliefs and goals of merchants and bureaucracy evolve? What role did the elite play in the fall of the monarchy in Russia? This book will help you trace how the ideologies of Moscow and St. Petersburg influenced the course of Russian history from the era of Peter I and ending with the stormy events of 1917.