The politics of Catherinian Russia : the Panin party

David L. Ransel. Includes Index. Bibliography:. 291-314. Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Nikita Panin’s Early Career to 1760 3 Preparation for Rule, 1760-1762 4 The Imperial Council Project 5 Court Parties and the Defeat of Council Reform 6 The Panin Party in Power 7 The Legislative Commission, War, and Decline of the Panin Influence 8 Oberhofmeister Panin 9 The Crisis of Paul’s Majority and the Fall of the Panin Party 10 The Last Battles: Starodumstvo, the Constitutional Project, and the Idealization of Petrine Values Bibliography Index