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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kees Boterbloem |
ISBN: | 9781789142914 1789142911 |
OCLC Number: | 1237563137 |
Accession No: | (DE-627)1742385451 (DE-599)KXP1742385451 (OCoLC)1237563137 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Description: | 246 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 23 cm |
Contents: | 1. Empire, Imperial Identity and Colonial Rule: The Russian Case -- 2. Empire by Design or Accident of History? -- 3. The Russian Empire in Western Eyes -- 4. Prehistory and Geography: Rus' -- 5. The Mongols, Siberia and Asia -- 6. Moscow's Rise: The Impact of the Byzantine, Polish-Lithuanian and Mongolian Empires on Muscovy -- 7. Troubles -- 8. From Mikhail to Peter: Composite Empire and Middle Ground -- 9. The Waning of the Middle Ground: The Russian, French and British Empires, 1721-1853 -- 10. Indirect and Direct Rule: The Russian and British Empires in Asia, 1853-1907 -- 11. Multinational Empires: Russia and Austria-Hungary, 1853-1917 -- 12. The Soviet Union as Empire, 1917-91 -- 13. Since 1991: Russkii or Rossiiskii? -- Afterword: Is the Age of Political Empires Over? -- References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index. |
Responsibility: | Kees Boterbloem. |
Abstract:
A highly original overview of Russia's tumultuous history.
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"An original synthesis and a stimulating overview of how Russia acquired and maintained its land-based empire." -- Brian Boeck, DePaul University
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