Title Russian Practices of Governance in Eurasia : Frontier Power Dynamics, 16-19th Century

Published Milton : Routledge, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (247 pages) Series Central Asian Studies Central Asian studies. Summary "This book analyses the role of the mobility factor in the spread of Russian rule in Eurasia in the formative period of the rise of the Russian Empire and offers an examination of the interaction of Russian authorities with their nomadic partners. Demonstrating that the mobility factor strongly shaped the system of protectorate that the Russian and Qing monarchs imposed on their nomadic counterparts, the book argues that it operated as a flexible institutional framework, which enabled all sides to derive maximum benefits from a given political situation. The author demonstrates that interactions of Russian authorities with their Kalmyk and Qazaq counterparts during the mid-16th to the mid-19th centuries were strongly informed by the power dynamics of the Inner Asian frontier. These dynamics were marked by Russia's rivalry with Qing Chinese and Jungar leaders to exert its influence over frontier nomadic populations. This book shows that each of these parties began to adopt key elements of existing steppe political culture. It also suggests that the different norms of governance adopted by the Russian state continued to shape its elite politics well into the 1820s and beyond. The author proposes that, by combining key elements of this culture with new practices, Russian authorities proved capable of creating innovative forms of governance that ended up shaping the very nature of the colonial Russian state itself. An important contribution to the ongoing debates pertaining to the nature of the spread of Russian rule over the numerous populations of the vast Eurasian terrains, this book will be of interest to academics working on Russian history, Central Asian/Eurasian history and political and cultural history." Notes Print version record Subject Imperialism. Political culture -- Russia -- History Nomads -- Asia -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. Colonization Imperialism Nomads Political culture Politics and government SUBJECT Asia, Central -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001930 Asia, Central -- Annexation to Russia Asia, Central -- Colonization -- History Subject Asia Central Asia Russia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780429512292 0429512295

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