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Russia, Khoqand, and the Search for a “Natural” Frontier, 1863–1865

Abstract:

Russian expansion into Central Asia in the nineteenth century is usually seen either as the product of lobbying by big capitalist interests in Moscow or as a wholly unplanned process driven by “men on the spot” who slipped beyond St. Petersburg’s control. This article is a microstudy of one of the campaigns that immediately preceded the fall of Tashkent in 1865, during which Russian forces under General M. G. Cherniaev united the Orenburg and Siberian “lines” ...

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Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1353/imp.2014.0051

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
History Faculty
Oxford college:
New College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Project Muse Publisher's website
Journal:
Ab Imperio Journal website
Volume:
2014
Issue:
2
Pages:
166-192
Publication date:
2014-09-03
DOI:
EISSN:
2164-9731
ISSN:
2166-4072
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Pubs id:
pubs:728721
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uuid:0394b35f-db07-4a08-b84f-0c21fc3cb248
Local pid:
pubs:728721
Source identifiers:
728721
Deposit date:
2017-11-16

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