The Russian Empire 1450-1801

by Nancy Shields Kollmann

Book Overview

Modern Russian identity and historical experience has been largely shaped by Russia's imperial past: an empire that was founded in the early modern era and endures in large part today. The Russian Empire 1450-1801 surveys how the areas that made up the empire were conquered and how they were governed. It considers the Russian empire a 'Eurasian empire', characterized by a 'politics of difference': the rulers and their elites at the center defined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199280517
• ISBN13: 9780199280513
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"