The Russian conquest of Central Asia : a study in imperial expansion, 1814-1914
Morrison, Alexander
Stosunki polityczne, Historia, Azja Środkowa, Rosja
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Autor
Morrison, Alexander
Tytuł
The Russian conquest of Central Asia : a study in imperial expansion, 1814-1914
ISBN
978-1-107-64017-7 978-1-107-64017-7
Objętość
1 online resource (xxiv, 613 pages)
Hasła przedmiotowe
Stosunki polityczne
Historia
Azja Środkowa
Rosja
Informacje dodatkowe
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction1. Russia's steppe frontier and the Napoleonic generation 2. 'Pray for the camels': the winter invasion of Khiva, 1839-41 3. 'This particularly painful place': the failure of the Syr-Darya line as a frontier, 1841-63 4. From Ayaguz to Almaty: the conquest and settlement of Semirechie, 1843-82 5. The search for a 'natural' frontier and the fall of Tashkent, 1863-5 6. War with Bukhara, 1866-87. The fall of Khiva, 1872-3 8. 'Those who should be spared': the conquest of Ferghana, 1875-6
Streszczenie
The Russian conquest of Central Asia was perhaps the nineteenth century's most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion, adding 1.5 million square miles and at least 6 million people - most of them Muslims - to the Tsar's domains. Alexander Morrison provides the first comprehensive military and diplomatic history of the conquest to be published for over a hundred years. From the earliest conflicts on the steppe frontier in the 1830s to the annexation of the Pamirs in the ea
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Numer inwentarzowy: 8796
Sygnatura: 4. Historia
Sygnatura: 4. Historia
Status: W wypożyczeniu
Termin zwrotu: 2026/12/31
Termin zwrotu: 2026/12/31
