Russia's Orient: Imperial Borderlands and Peoples, 1700-1917

Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies

by Daniel R. Brower (Editor), Edward J. Lazzerini (Editor)

..". the first study of the Russian Empire in English which attempts in a sophisticated way, using the latest developments in colonial studies, to deal not only with imperial rule but with the mutual encounter with the non-Russian peoples.... a new paradigm for looking at the imperial history of tsarist Russia." --Ronald Grigor Suny

..". ambitious, wide-ranging, and ultimately provocative... " --Slavic Review

"This excellent volume draws on the expertise of both young and established specialists... the volume is a pleasure to read." --American Historical Review

..". a major step toward 'discovering Russian Asia'... a job well done." --The Russian Review

Russia's Orient investigates the relationship between the Russian Empire and the non-Russian peoples of its southern and eastern borderlands from the 18th to the early 20th centuries.

Genres: History, Russia, Nonfiction, Russian History

368 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1997

Reviews

[Hana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super useful collection of essays on Russian imperial expansion eastward, and encounters on those borders

[Olivia Mitas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read for a class, THIS WAS DREADFULLY BORING. For a topic that is rich in history and has so many diverse aspects, I don’t know how they managed to construct the most dull essays.