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The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts
A broad comparative study that highlights the importance of the Eurasian steppe and its impact on the...
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A broad comparative study that highlights the importance of the Eurasian steppe and its impact on the arc of Russian history
Throughout its existence, Russia has been a hybrid empire shaped by both Europe and Asia. Focusing on the formation of the Russian state between the sixteenth and the mid-nineteenth centuries, renowned historian Michael Khodarkovsky examines Russia's structural similarities with its neighbors in Asia--the Ottoman, Persian, Mughal, and Chinese empires. While most historians have noted the transformations that brought Russia closer to modern European societies, the Russian empire's shared characteristics with its non-European counterparts remain poorly understood. Khodarkovsky reveals the critical role of the Eurasian steppe in the formation of the empires, whose military-social institutions and political culture were distinctly different from those of the West. Ultimately, he argues that Russia is best understood as a hybrid Eurasian empire whose steppe origins and fluid frontiers propelled its relentless expansion, producing a vastly diverse society with a blurred sense of national identity.Author: Michael Khodarkovsky
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 05/05/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.33w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780300284386
About the Author
Michael Khodarkovsky is a professor of history at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author, most recently, of Russia's 20th Century: A Journey in 100 Histories and Russia's Steppe Frontier: The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800. He lives in Chicago, IL.
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