Russia's Steppe Frontier: The Making Of A Colonial Empire, 1500-1800 (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies) |
| Author: Michael Khodarkovsky
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 290
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0253217709
Dewey Decimal Number: 947.04
EAN: 9780253217707
ASIN: 0253217709
Publication Date: January 17, 2005
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From the time of the decline of the Mongol Golden Horde to the end of the 18th century, the Russian government expanded its influence and power throughout its southern borderlands. The process of incorporating these lands and peoples into the Russian Empire was not only a military and political struggle but also a contest between the conceptual worlds of the indigenous peoples and the Russians. Drawing on sources and archival materials in Russian and Turkic languages, Michael Khodarkovsky presents a complex picture of the encounter between the Russian authorities and native peoples. Russia's Steppe Frontier is an original and invaluable resource for understanding Russia's imperial experience.
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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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