Russia's steppe frontier : the making of a colonial empire, 1500-1800 / Michael Khodarkovsky.
2002
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Ebrary electronic monographs.
Title
Russia's steppe frontier : the making of a colonial empire, 1500-1800 / Michael Khodarkovsky.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2002.
Description
1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series
Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies.
Formatted Contents Note
1. 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.
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.
Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 9, 2013).
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Language
English
ISBN
9780253108777 e-book
9780253339898
9780253339898
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