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Where two worlds met : the Russian state and the Kalmyk nomads, 1600-1771 /
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the expanding Russian empire was embroiled in a dramatic confrontation with the nomadic people known as the Kalmyks who had moved westward from Inner Asia onto the vast Caspian and Volga steppes. Drawing on an unparalleled body of Russian and Turkish s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1992.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Where Two Worlds Met; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Maps and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration; Kalmyk and Oirat Rulers; Introduction; 1. Kalmyk Nomadic Society; 2. Mutual Perceptions; 3. The Arrival of the Kalmyks; 4. The Rise to Power of Ayuki Khan; 5. Uneasy Alliance: Ayuki Khan and Russia, 1697-1722; 6. Succession Crisis, 1722-1735; 7. Russian Colonization and the Kalmyks' Decline and Exodus; Conclusion; Appendix A Kalmyk-Muscovite Diplomatic Confrontation, 1650: A Translation; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.