Traverses 1000 years of history to recount the epic story of Russia's expansion into the steppe region.
Willard Sunderland is Associate Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati.
List of Maps
ix
Preface
xi
List of Abbreviations
xiii
Introduction: Steppe Building
1
(10)
1. Frontier Colonization
11
(44)
The Rus' Land and the Field
11
(4)
The Wild Field and the Tsardom
15
(20)
The Empire and the Steppe
35
(20)
2. Enlightened Colonization
55
(42)
Reason's Territory
55
(18)
Reason's Process
73
(24)
3. Bureaucratic Colonization
97
(40)
The Vastness and the Nation
97
(16)
The Bureaucrats and the Settlers
113
(24)
4. Reformist Colonization
137
(40)
The System and the Peasants
137
(23)
The Pioneers and the Public
160
(17)
5. "Correct Colonization"
177
(46)
Colonizing Capacities and the Russian Element
177
(19)
The Dwindling Prairie and the Growing Borderland
196
(27)
Conclusion: Steppe Building and Steppe Destroying
223
(6)
Note on Archival Sources
229
(4)
Index
233
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