State Power and Community in Early Modern Russia: The Case of Kozlov, 1635-1649

By Brian L. Davies

Book Overview

State, Power and Community in Early Modern Russia is a vivid reconstruction of life in one of the garrison towns built on Muscovy's southern steppe frontier in the early Seventeenth-century to defend against Tatar raids. It focuses on how the colonization process shaped power relations in a particular southern garrison community, both at the village level, within the land commune, and at the district level, between the general garrison community and the appointed officials representing state authority.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349515752
• ISBN13: 9781349515752
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"