Russia's Orient : Imperial Borderlands and Peoples, 1700-1917 (Indiana-michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)

" . . . 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.