Using a wide range sources, this book explores the ways in which
the Russians governed their empire in Siberia from 1598 to 1725.
Paying particular attention to the role of the Siberian Cossaks,
the author takes a thorough assessment of how the institutions of
imperial government functioned in seventeenth century Russia.
It raises important questions concerning the nature of the
Russian autocracy in the early modern period, investigating the
neglected relations of a vital part of the Empire with the
metropolitan centre, and examines how the Russian authorities were
able to control such a vast and distant frontier given the limited
means at its disposal. It argues that despite this great physical
distance, the representations of the Tsar's rule in the symbols,
texts and gestures that permeated Siberian institutions were close
at hand, thus allowing the promotion of political stability and
favourable terms of trade. Investigating the role of the Siberian
Cossacks, the book explains how the institutions of empire
facilitated their position as traders via the sharing of cultural
practices, attitudes and expectations of behaviour across large
distances among the members of organisations or personal
networks.
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