The "Memoirs" of Count Münnich
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4206232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David L Ransel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 843-852 |
| Publication date | 1971-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2493852 |
| OpenAlex | W2325094303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Since the first Russian publication of Count B. C. Münnich's "Memoirs" in 1842 historians have employed them as a useful primary source on eighteenthcentury history. However, the Russian title,Zapiski, is misleading. Münnich was not writing his personal memoirs or even a state memorandum: instead he was offering a proposal for central government reform with an accompanying historical justification. Scholars have occasionally remarked on this aspect of the document. But it has gone unrecognized that Münnich's writing also bore a strongly partisan political imprint. The political design only becomes clear in the context of the prolonged battle for position and influence waged between two powerful court parties in the first years of Catherine II's reign. At a crucial stage in this struggle Münnich used his proposal in an apparent attempt to break the deadlock and facilitate Nikita Panin's rise to power in late 1763
Ancient history · Battle · Context (archaeology · Memoir · Memorandum · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Reign · State (computer science · Central European and Russian historical studies · Classics · Computer Science · European Political History Analysis · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |