The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552a 1671 by Romaniello, Matthew P.
The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552a 1671 by Romaniello, Matthew P.

The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552a 1671

In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first...
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The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552a 1671 by Romaniello, Matthew P.

The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552a 1671

$97.88
The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552a 1671 by Romaniello, Matthew P.

The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552a 1671

$97.88
Author: Matthew P. Romaniello
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople, a turning point that, over the next four years, would complete Moscow's control over the river. This conquest provided a direct trade route with the Middle East and would transform Muscovy into a global power. As Matthew Romaniello shows, however, learning to manage the conquered lands and peoples would take decades.
Russia did not succeed in empire-building because of its strength, leadership, or even the weakness of its neighbors, Romaniello contends; it succeeded by managing its failures. Faced with the difficulty of assimilating culturally and religiously alien peoples across thousands of miles, the Russian state was forced to compromise in ways that, for a time, permitted local elites of diverse backgrounds to share in governance and to preserve a measure of autonomy. Conscious manipulation of political and religious language proved more vital than sheer military might. For early modern Russia, empire was still elusive--an aspiration to political, economic, and military control challenged by continuing resistance, mismanagement, and tenuous influence over vast expanses of territory.



Author: Matthew P. Romaniello
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 01/30/2012
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.01w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780299285142


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About the Author

Matthew P. Romaniello is assistant professor of history at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, editor with Charles Lipp of Contested Spaces of Nobility in Early Modern Europe, and editor with Tricia Starks of Tobacco in Russian History and Culture.


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