Russian-Turkmen encounters : the Caspian frontier before the Great Game / S. Peter Poullada ; with translations by Claora E. Styron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poullada, S. Peter, author.

Contributor:

Styron, Claora E., translator.

Series:

International library of Central Asian studies ; 9.

International Library of Central Asian Studies ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia, Central--History.

Asia, Central.

Russia--History--1689-1801.

Russia.

Russia--History--1801-1917.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 181 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Other Title:

Caspian frontier before the Great Game

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2019.

Summary:

In the mid-eighteenth century the Russian tsar sent two expeditions across the Caspian Sea in response to an extraordinary plea for assistance from the recently subjugated Kalmyk Khan. The official journals of these expeditions, here translated into English for the first time, record the encounters of Captains Tebelev and Kopitovskii (in 1741 and 1745, respectively) with the Turkmen tribes of the Caspian frontier zone. Together they form the basis for the author's study of the relationship between the expanding Russian empire and the tribal peoples of Central Asia over a period of more than 200 years. Drawing on Russian archival sources and Persian and Uzbek chronicles, this book provides a detailed exploration of the historical and political context of the encounters so vividly described in the two journals.--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Russian-Turkmen Frontier Encounters: 1558-1745

The Khan's Letter

Astrakhan, the Turkmen of Mangyshlak and the Long-Distance Caravan Trade

Turkmen, Uzbeks and Russians

The Duel for Mangyshlak between Turkmen, Kalmyks and Kazakhs

The Turkmen of Mangyshlak and the Kalmyks

The Turkmen of Mangyshlak and the Kazakhs

Russian-Turkmen Relations in the Era of Peter the Great

Nadir Shah Afshar in Central Asia

Conclusion

The Journals of Captain Tebelev (1741) and Captain Kopytovskii (1745)

Preface to the English Translation / Claora E. Styron

Introduction / V. Razumovskaia, Claora E. Styron

From the Journal of Captain G. Tebelev, 1741

12 June {1741}

14 June {1741}

June {1741}

17 (June) {1741}

18 June {1741}

19 June {1741}

22 June {1741}

23 June {1741}

25 June {1741}

26 June {1741}

27 June {1741}

28 June {1741}

From the Journal of Captain V. Kopytovskii, 1745

9 June {1745}

13 July {1745}

{14 July 1745}

14 July {1745}

16 July {1745}

17 July {1745}

19 July {1745}

21 July {1745}

23 July {1745}

25 July {1745}

26 July {1745}

27 July {1745}

11 August {1745}.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-174) and index.

ISBN:

9781350987876

1350987875

9781786722348

1786722348

OCLC:

1128158135