Russia's Steppe Frontier : The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800.
Title:
Russia's Steppe Frontier : The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800.
Author:
Khodarkovsky, Michael.
ISBN:
9780253108777
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Series:
Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 The Sociology of the Frontier, or Why Peace Was Impossible -- Social and Political Organization in the Steppe -- Raiding and Warfare -- Captives and Slaves -- Trade and Economy -- A Khan, or a Search for Central Authority -- Religion -- Ideology through Diplomacy -- 2 Frontier Concepts and Policies in Muscovy -- The Frontier -- Shert': A Peace Treaty or an Oath of Allegiance? -- Amanat: Hostages of Sorts -- Yasak: Tribute or Trade? -- Presents and Payments: Bestowed or Extorted? -- Translating or Colonizing? -- 3 Taming the "Wild Steppe," 1480-1600s -- Moscow and the Great Horde: The "Ugra Standoff" Reconsidered -- The End of the Golden Horde, 1481-1502: On to Kazan -- The End of the Crimean-Muscovite Alliance -- The Nogays and Kazan, 1530s-1550s: Kazan Annexed -- The Nogays and Astrakhan, 1550s -- The Astrakhan Campaign of 1569 -- Containing the Nogays, 1577-1582 -- Debilitating the Nogays, 1582-1600 -- 4 From Steppe Frontier to Imperial Borderlands, 1600-1800 -- The Nogays -- New Strategies -- The Kalmyks -- The Kazakhs -- 5 Concepts and Policies in the Imperial Borderlands, 1690s-1800 -- Representations -- Non-Christians into Russian Orthodox -- Migration of the Native Elite and Commoners -- Colonial Contest I: Law and Administration -- Colonial Contest II: Land -- Conclusion -- GLOSSARY -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Abstract:
"... a tremendously important contribution to the field of Russian history and the comparative study of empires and frontiers. There is no comparable work in any language.... The book presents an intricate and gripping narrative of a vast sweep of histories, weaving them together into a comprehensive and comprehensible chronology." -Valerie Kivelson 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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