Nationalizing the Russian Empire: The Campaign Against Enemy Aliens During World War I

by Eric Lohr

In this compelling study of the treatment of "enemy" minorities in the Russian Empire during the First World War, Eric Lohr uncovers a dramatic story of mass deportations, purges, expropriations, and popular violence.A campaign initially aimed at restricting foreign citizens rapidly spun out of control. It swept up Russian subjects of German, Jewish, and Muslim backgrounds and drove roughly a million civilians from one part of the empire to another,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674010418
• ISBN13: 9780674010413
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"