Russia as Empire
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Russia as Empire

Past and Present

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Russia as Empire

Past and Present

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Covering more than one thousand years of tumultuous history, Russia as Empire shows how the medieval empire of Kyivan Rus' metamorphosed into today's Russian Federation. Kees Boterbloem vividly and lucidly describes Russia's various incarnations and considers how the concept of empire evolved from tsarist Russia to the Soviet Union, and how and why it survives today. He discusses the ideological architects of these empires and the ideas of their political leaders—the tsars, Lenin, Stalin, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. Russia as Empire considers the role of the various empires' inhabitants, from nobility to clergy and communist party members, revealing how and why they adhered to, or believed in, their country's imperial mission. What emerges is a highly original overview that illuminates the continuities and discontinuities in Russian history.

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Publisher
Reaktion Books
Year
2020
ISBN
9781789142921
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1. Empire, Imperial Identity and Colonial Rule: The Russian Case
  8. 2. Empire by Design or Accident of History?
  9. 3. The Russian Empire in Western Eyes
  10. 4. Prehistory and Geography: Rus’
  11. 5. The Mongols, Siberia and Asia
  12. 6. Moscow’s Rise: The Impact of the Byzantine, Polish-Lithuanian and Mongolian Empires on Muscovy
  13. 7. Troubles
  14. 8. From Mikhail to Peter: Composite Empire and Middle Ground
  15. 9. The Waning of the Middle Ground: The Russian, French and British Empires, 1721–1853
  16. 10. Indirect and Direct Rule: The Russian and British Empires in Asia, 1853–1907
  17. 11. Multinational Empires: Russia and Austria-Hungary, 1853–1917
  18. 12. The Soviet Union as Empire, 1917–91
  19. 13. Since 1991: Russkii or Rossiiskii?
  20. Afterword: Is the Age of Political Empires Over?
  21. REFERENCES
  22. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  23. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  24. PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  25. INDEX