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Russian Rule in Samarkand 1868-1910 - A Comparison with British India (Hardcover)
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Russian Rule in Samarkand 1868-1910 - A Comparison with British India (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
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Russian Rule in Samarkand uses a comparative approach to examine
the structures, personnel, and ideologies of Russian imperialism in
Turkestan, taking Samarkand and the surrounding region as a
case-study. The creation of a colonial administration in Central
Asia presented Russia with similar problems to those faced by the
British in India, but different approaches to governance meant that
the two regimes often stood in stark contrast to one another. While
the Russian administration was characterised by corruption and
inefficiency, British rule in India was much more violent, and its
subjects much more heavily taxed.
Opening with the background to the political situation in Central
Asia and a narrative of Russian conquest itself, the book moves on
to analyse official attitudes to Islam and to pre-colonial elites,
and the earliest attempts to establish a functioning system of
revenue collection. Uncovering the religious and ethnic composition
of the military bureaucracy, and the social background, education
and training of its personnel, Alexander Morrison assesses the
competence of these officers vis-a-vis their Anglo-Indian
counterparts. Subsequent chapters look at the role of the so-called
'native administration' in governing the countryside and collecting
taxes, the attempt to administer the complex systems of irrigation
leading from the Zarafshan and Syr-Darya rivers, and the nature and
functions of the Islamic judiciary under colonial rule.
Based on extensive archival research in Russia, India, and
Uzbekistan, and containing rare source material translated from the
original Russian, Russian Rule in Samarkand will be of interest to
all those interested in the history of theRussian Empire and
European Imperialism more generally.
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