Governing post-imperial Siberia and Mongolia, 1911-1924 : Buddhism, socialism, and nationalism in state and autonomy building / Ivan Sablin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sablin, Ivan (Ivan Valerʹevich), author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 24.

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autonomy.

History.

Nation-building.

Nationalism.

Socialism.

Buddhism and state.

Siberia (Russia)--Politics and government--20th century.

Siberia (Russia).

Mongolia--Politics and government--20th century.

Mongolia.

Politics and government.

Buddhism and state--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--History--20th century.

Buddhism and state--Mongolia--History--20th century.

Socialism--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--History--20th century.

Socialism--Mongolia--History--20th century.

Nationalism--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--History--20th century.

Nationalism--Mongolia--History--20th century.

Nation-building--History--20th century.

Autonomy--History--20th century.

Russia (Federation)--Siberia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 221 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

"The governance arrangements put in place for Siberia and Mongolia after the collapse of the Qing and Russian Empires were highly unusual, experimental and extremely interesting. The Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic established within the Soviet Union in 1923 and the independent Mongolian People's Republic established a year later were supposed to represent a new model of transnational, post-national governance, incorporating religious and ethno-national independence, under the leadership of the coming global political party, the Communist International. The model, designed to be suitable for a socialist, decolonised Asia, and for a highly diverse population in a strategic border region, was intended to be globally applicable. This book, based on extensive original research, charts the development of these unusual governance arrangements, discusses how the ideologies of nationalism, socialism and Buddhism were borrowed from, and highlights the relevance of the subject for the present day world, where multiculturality, interconnectedness and interdependency become ever more complicated"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Demographics, economy, and communication in the borderland, 1911-1917

Transcultural spaces and entanglements, 1911-1917

The Buryat national autonomy, 1917-1918

Power struggle in a stateless context, 1918-1919

The Mongol federation and the Buddhist theocracy, 1919-1920

The new independent states, 1920-1921

The Buryat autonomy in transcultural governance, 1921-1924.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1138952206

9781138952201

OCLC:

931035704

Publisher Number:

99966533053