Anyone familiar with the authorβs first book Where Two Worlds Met (1992) must look forward to reading this new volume, which is a comprehensive study of Moscowβs relations with the steppe nomads from the emergence of a Russian empire until the closing of the frontier 300 years later. He will not be
Russias steppe frontier the making of a colonial empire, 1500-1800
β Scribed by Khodarkovsky, Michael
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies.; Historia (E-libro)
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
- 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
β¦ Table of Contents
- 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
β¦ Subjects
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