Cargando…
Russian-Turkmen Encounters : the Caspian Frontier before the Great Game /
In the mid-eighteenth century the Russian tsar sent two expeditions across the Caspian Sea in response to an extraordinary plea for assistance from the recently subjugated Kalmyk Khan. The official journals of these expeditions, here translated into English for the first time, record the encounters...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
I.B. Tauris,
2017.
|
| Edición: | 1st |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Author Bio; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration; Preface; Part I: Russian-Turkmen Frontier Encounters: 1558-1745; 1. The Khan's Letter; 2. Astrakhan, the Turkmen of Mangyshlak and the Long-Distance Caravan Trade; 3. Turkmen, Uzbeks and Russians; 4. The Duel for Mangyshlak between Turkmen, Kalmyks and Kazakhs; 5. Russian-Turkmen Relations in the Era of Peter the Great; Conclusion; Part II: The Journals of Captain Tebelev (1741) and Captain Kopytovskii (1745); Preface to the English Translation by Claora E. Styron
- Introduction by V. Razumovskaia, Translated by Claora E. StyronFrom the Journal of Captain G. Tebelev, 1741; From the Journal of Captain V. Kopytovskii, 1745; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Plates; Back Cover