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Russia's Steppe Frontier : The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800 / Michael Khodarkovsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khodarkovsky, Michael, 1955-
- Series:
- Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies
- Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imperialism.
- Russia--History--1689-1801.
- Russia.
- Russia--History--1613-1689.
- Russia--History--Period of Consolidation, 1462-1605.
- Russia--Boundaries.
- Russia--Territorial expansion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""... 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
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: [1] The Sociology of the Frontier, or Why Peace Was
- Impossible / 7
- 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 / 46
- 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," 1480-1600's / 76
- 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, 1530's-1550's: Kazan Annexed
- The Nogays and Astrakhan, 1550's
- The Astrakhan Campaign of 1569
- Containing the Nogays, 1577-1582
- Debilitating the Nogays, 1582-1600
- [4] From Steppe Frontier to Imperial Borderlands, 1600-1800 / 126
- The Nogays
- New Strategies
- The Kalmyks
- The Kazakhs
- [5] Concepts and Policies in the Imperial Borderlands,
- 1690's-1800 / 184
- Representations
- Non-Christians into Russian Orthodox
- Migration of the Native Elite and Commoners
- Colonial Contest I: Law and Administration
- Colonial Contest II: Land
- Conclusion / 221
- GLOSSARY / 230
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS / 233
- NOTES / 235
- BIBLIOGRAPHY / 269
- INDEX / 283.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-281) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253108777
- 0253108772
- OCLC:
- 606682307
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