Russia's Steppe Frontier: The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800 |
| Author: Michael Khodarkovsky
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0253339898
Dewey Decimal Number: 947.04
EAN: 9780253339898
ASIN: 0253339898
Publication Date: February 2002
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Drawing on sources and archival materials in Russian and Turkic languages, Michael Khodarkovsky draws a complex picture of the encounter between the Russian authorities and border peoples from the decline of the Mongol Golden Horde to the end of the 18th century. Not surprisingly, both sides viewed the other through the distorted lenses of their own societies, but what they saw had important consequences for the evolution of the Russian Empire and the fate of the indigenous peoples.
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An excellent and rare glimpse at the Russian frontier. July 17, 2003
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This work -- the latest of Micheal Khodarkovsky's books -- is a well-written and very thorough study of Russia's relations with the frontier peoples in the Early Modern period. Tracing the relationship from the decline of the Mongol Hordes in the fifteenth century to the outright colonization of the North Caucasus and Central Asia in the succeeding centuries, Khodarkovsky fills a serious gap in the standard histories of Russia. A gifted Russian historian, who is also well-versed in Islamic and especially Ottoman history, Khodarkovsky is able to tell the history of Russia's relations with the Muslim peoples on its frontiers without the biases of a Russianist or an Islamicist. This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of the modern North Caucasus and Central Asia, of Islam in the Russian world, and of Russian colonization.
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