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Author Steinwedel, Charles R

Title Threads of empire : loyalty and Tsarist authority in Bashkira, 1552-1917 / Charles R. Steinwedel
Published Indiana University Press, 2016

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Contents Steppe empire, 1552-1730 -- Absolutism and empire, 1730-1775 -- Empire of reason, 1773-1855 -- Participatory empire, 1855-1881 -- The empire and the nation, 1881-1904 -- Empire in crisis, 1905-1907 -- Empire, nations, and multinational visions, 1907-1917
Summary "Threads of Empire examines how Russia's imperial officials and intellectual elites made and maintained their authority among the changing intellectual and political currents in Eurasia from the mid-16th century to the revolution of 1917. The book focuses on a region 750 miles east of Moscow known as Bashkiria. The region was split nearly evenly between Russian and Turkic language speakers, both nomads and farmers. Ufa province at Bashkiria's core had the largest Muslim population of any province in the empire. The empire's leading Muslim official, the mufti, was based there, but the region also hosted a Russian Orthodox bishop. Bashkirs and peasants had different legal status and powerful Russian Orthodox and Muslim nobles dominated the peasant estate. By the twentieth century, the presence of mines and railroads introduced the discourse of class. Bashkiria thus presents a fascinating case study of empire in all its complexities and of how the tsarist empire's ideology and categories of rule changed over time"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-362) and index
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Subject Intellectuals -- Russia (Federation) -- Bashkortostan -- History
Allegiance -- Russia (Federation) -- Bashkortostan -- History
Authority -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- Bashkortostan -- History
Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- Bashkortostan -- History
Social change -- Russia (Federation) -- Bashkortostan -- History
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
Allegiance
Employees
Imperialism -- Social aspects
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
International relations
Politics and government
Social change
SUBJECT Bashkortostan (Russia) -- Politics and government
Bashkortostan (Russia) -- Intellectual life
Russia -- Relations -- Russia (Federation) -- Bashkortostan
Bashkortostan (Russia) -- Relations -- Russia
Russia -- Officials and employees -- Russia (Federation) -- Bashkortostan -- History
Subject Russia
Russia (Federation) -- Bashkortostan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0253019338
9780253019332