Russia's conquest of Central Asia was perhaps the nineteenth century's most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion. Alexander Morrison provides a definitive diplomatic and military history, explaining how and why a vast region of steppe, desert, mountain and oasis, mainly populated by Muslims, came under Russian rule.
Russia's conquest of Central Asia was perhaps the nineteenth century's most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion. Alexander Morrison provides a definitive diplomatic and military history, explaining how and why a vast region of steppe, desert, mountain and oasis, mainly populated by Muslims, came under Russian rule.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alexander Morrison is Fellow and Tutor in History at New College, Oxford. His publications include Russian Rule in Samarkand 1868¿1910: A Comparison with British India (2008).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction; 1. Russia's steppe frontier and the Napoleonic generation; 2. 'Pray for the camels': the winter invasion of Khiva, 1839 1841; 3. 'This particularly painful place': the failure of the Syr-Darya line as a frontier, 1841 1863; 4. From Ayaguz to Almaty: the conquest and settlement of Semirechie, 1843 1882; 5. The search for a 'natural' frontier and the fall of Tashkent, 1863 1865; 6. War with Bukhara, 1866 1868; 7. The fall of Khiva, 1872 1873; 8. 'Those who should be spared': the conquest of Ferghana, 1875 1876; 9. 'The harder you hit them, the longer they will be quiet afterwards': the conquest of Transcaspia, 1869 1885; 10. Aryanism on the final frontier of the Russian empire: the exploration and annexation of the Pamirs, 1881 1905; Epilogue: after the conquest.
Introduction; 1. Russia's steppe frontier and the Napoleonic generation; 2. 'Pray for the camels': the winter invasion of Khiva, 1839 1841; 3. 'This particularly painful place': the failure of the Syr-Darya line as a frontier, 1841 1863; 4. From Ayaguz to Almaty: the conquest and settlement of Semirechie, 1843 1882; 5. The search for a 'natural' frontier and the fall of Tashkent, 1863 1865; 6. War with Bukhara, 1866 1868; 7. The fall of Khiva, 1872 1873; 8. 'Those who should be spared': the conquest of Ferghana, 1875 1876; 9. 'The harder you hit them, the longer they will be quiet afterwards': the conquest of Transcaspia, 1869 1885; 10. Aryanism on the final frontier of the Russian empire: the exploration and annexation of the Pamirs, 1881 1905; Epilogue: after the conquest.
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