Russian Empire: Space, People, Power, 1700-1930 (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)

Russian Empire offers new perspectives on the strategies of imperial rule pursued by rulers, officials, scholars, and subjects of the Russian empire. An international team of scholars explores the connections between Russia's expansion over vast territories occupied by people of many ethnicities, religions, and political experiences and the evolution of imperial administration and vision. The fresh research reflected in this innovative volume reveals the ways in which the realities of sustaining imperial power in a multiethnic, multiconfessional, scattered, and diffuse environment inspired political imaginaries and set limits on what the state could accomplish. Taken together, these rich essays provide important new frameworks for understanding Russia's imperial geography of power. Perspectives On The Strategies Of Imperial Rule Pursued By Rulers, Officials, Scholars, And Subjects Of The Russian Empire. This Book Explores The Connections Between Russia's Expansion Over Vast Territories Occupied By People Of Many Ethnicities, Religions, And Political Experiences And The Evolution Of Imperial Administration And Vision. Space. Imperial Space : Territorial Thought And Practice In The Eighteenth Century / Willard Sunderland -- The Great Circle Of Interior Russia : Representations Of The Imperial Center In The Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries / Leonid Gorizontov -- How Bashkiria Became Part Of European Russia, 1762-1881 / Charles Steinwedel -- Mapping The Empire's Economic Regions From The Nineteenth To The Early Twentieth Century / Nailya Tagirova -- State And Evolution : Ethnographic Knowledge, Economic Expediency, And The Making Of The Ussr, 1917-1924 / Francine Hirsch -- People. Changing Conceptions Of Difference, Assimilation, And Faith In The Volga-kama Region, 1740-1870 / Paul Werth -- Thinking Like An Empire : Estate, Law, And Rights In The Early Twentieth Century / Jane Burbank -- From Region To Nation : The Don Cossacks, 1870-1920 / Shane O'rourke -- Bandits And The State : Designing A Traditional Culture Of Violence In The Russian Caucasus / Vladimir Bobrovnikov -- Representing Primitive Communists : Ethnographic And Political Authority In Early Soviet Siberia / Nikolai Ssorin-chaikov -- Institutions. From The Zloty To The Ruble : The Kingdom Of Poland In The Monetary Politics Of The Russian Empire / Ekaterina Pravilova -- The Muslim Question In Late Imperial Russia / Elena Campbell -- The Zemstvo Reform, The Cossacks, And Administrative Policy On The Don, 1864-1882 / Aleksei Volvenko -- Peoples, Regions, And Electoral Politics : The State Dumas And The Constitution Of New National Elites / Rustem Tsiunchuk -- The Provisional Government And Finland : Russian Democracy And Finnish Nationalism In Search Of Peaceful Coexistence / Irina Novikova -- Designs. Siberia And The Russian Far East In The Imperial Geography Of Power / Anatolyi Remnev -- Imperial Political Culture And Modernization In The Second Half Of The Nineteenth Century / Sviatoslav Kaspe -- Federalisms And Pan-movements : Re-imagining Empire / Mark Von Hagen. Edited By Jane Burbank, Mark Von Hagen, And Anatolyi Remnev. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 12 Coming into the Territory: Uncertainty and Empire......Page 20 part one: space......Page 50 1. Imperial Space: Territorial Thought and Practice in theEighteenth Century......Page 52 2. The “Great Circle” of Interior Russia: Representations ofthe Imperial Center in the Nineteenth and Early TwentiethCenturies......Page 86 3. How Bashkiria Became Part of European Russia,1762–1881......Page 113 4. Mapping the Empire’s Economic Regions from the Nineteenthto the Early Twentieth Century......Page 144 5. State and Evolution: Ethnographic Knowledge, EconomicExpediency, and the Making of the USSR, 1917–1924......Page 158 part two: people......Page 186 6. Changing Conceptions of Difference, Assimilation, and Faith inthe Volga-Kama Region, 1740–1870......Page 188 7. Thinking Like an Empire: Estate, Law, and Rights in the EarlyTwentieth Century......Page 215 8. From Region to Nation: The Don Cossacks 1870–1920......Page 237 9. Bandits and the State: Designing a “Traditional” Culture ofViolence in the Russian Caucasus......Page 258 10. Representing “Primitive Communists”: Ethnographic andPolitical Authority in Early Soviet Siberia......Page 287 part three: institutions......Page 312 11. From the Zloty to the Ruble: The Kingdom of Poland in theMonetary Politics of the Russian Empire......Page 314 12. The Muslim Question in Late Imperial Russia......Page 339 13. The Zemstvo Reform, the Cossacks, and Administrative Policyon the Don, 1864–1882......Page 367 14. Peoples, Regions, and Electoral Politics: The State Dumas andthe Constitution of New National Elites......Page 385 15. The Provisional Government and Finland: Russian Democracyand Finnish Nationalism in Search of Peaceful Coexistence......Page 417 part four: designs......Page 442 16. Siberia and the Russian Far East in the Imperial Geographyof Power......Page 444 17. Imperial Political Culture and Modernization in the Second Halfof the Nineteenth Century......Page 474 18. Federalisms and Pan-movements: Re-imagining Empire......Page 513 List of Contributors......Page 530 Index......Page 534 The strategies of imperial governance pursued by rulers, officials, scholars, and subjects of the Russian empire are the focus of this book. The editors of this volume explore the connections between Russia's expansion over vast territories occupied by people of many ethnicities, religions, and political experiences and the evolution of imperial administration and vision. The essays reveal ways in which the realities of sustaining imperial power in a multi-ethnic, multi-confessional, scattered, and diffuse environment inspired political imaginaries and set limits on what the state could accomplish