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1 online resource (viii, 279 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
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Contents -- Preface -- Plates and Maps -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE TRAINING GROUND -- 1 Upbringing and Family Background -- 2 Active Military Service -- 3 Commanding the Occupation Army -- 4 Furlough -- PART TWO: NEW RUSSIA -- 5 The Territory -- 6 Initiation -- 7 The Governor-General's Government -- 8 The Governor-General's Style -- 9 Garden of the Empire -- PART THREE: CAUCASIA -- 10 The Territory -- 11 The Viceroyship: Theory -- 12 The Viceroyship: Practice -- 13 The Viceroy Himself -- 14 Caucasian Civil Society |
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PART FOUR: THE END OF A CAREER15 End of Service -- 16 Retirement -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z |
| Summary |
Annotation. In Prince Michael Vorontsov, Anthony Rhinelander describes Vorontsov's pragmatic approach within a bureaucracy of legendary inefficiency and corruption. In New Russia Vorontsov dealt with problems such as famine and disease and helped to keep serfdom and religious persecution out of his territory. In Caucasia he made the local administration more effective by appointing Caucasian officials who were far more sensitive to the area's particular problems than were their Russian predecessors. In fact, Vorontsov's Caucasian experience has relevance today it was recently suggested that present-day Soviet officials might have avoided some difficulty when dealing with Afghan rebels had they employed Vorontsov's tactics in handling armed guerillas. Rhinelander, whose extensive research included archival material available only in the Soviet Union, has written the first serious work on Vorontsov in English. Prince Michael Vorontsov will engage the interest and imagination of the general public and the historian |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index |
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Print version record |
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Voront︠s︡ov, Mikhail Semenovich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1782-1856.
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Voront︠s︡ov, Mikhail Semenovich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1782-1856 fast |
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Colonial administrators -- Soviet Union, Southern -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Colonial administrators
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Politics and government
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1825-1855
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Russia -- Politics and government -- 1825-1855. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125839
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Russia
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Russia (Federation)
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Southern Soviet Union
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773562400 |
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0773562400 |
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