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A History of Tatarstan: The Russian Yoke and the Vanishing Tatars
surveys the history of the Tatar people living along the Volga
river. It argues that the Volga Tatars were Russia’s first
colonized people and after their subjugation in 1552, the Tatars
have been continually mistreated by their Russian rulers, even when
the nature of the Russian regime changed over time. For a long
period the Tatars managed to evade overly deep Russian intrusion
into their lives, after the middle of the 1850s Russian and Soviet
authorities obliterated their traditional way of life. Despite
efforts at restoring a measure of Tatar independence in the 1990s,
russification has led to a marked fall in those identifying as
Tatar in the Russian Federation pointing at the possibility of a
disappearance altogether of the Volga Tatars.
Russia and the Dutch Republic, 1566-1725: A Forgotten Friendship
outlines how the Netherlands had an outsized impact on the early
development of Russia into a Great Power in the course of the
seventeenth century. Although this influence is usually associated
with Peter the Great's reign, the author argues that much of it
predates Peter's accession to the tsarist throne. Kees Boterbloem
explores the origins and development of the narrow ties the United
Provinces (Dutch Republic) and the Russian Empire maintained in the
early modern age, weighing their political, military, economic, and
cultural significance for world history.
This book shows how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was
closely linked to their involvement in warfare. By charting Dutch
activity across the globe, it explores Dutch participation in the
international arms trade, and in wars both at home and abroad. In
doing so, it ponders the issue of how capitalism has often
historically thrived best when its practitioners are ruthless and
ignore the human cost of their search for riches. This complicates
the traditional Marxist understanding of capitalists as
middle-class exploiters in arguing for a much greater agency among
lower-class Dutch soldiers and sailors in their efforts to benefit
from skills that were in high demand.
This study outlines how the Netherlands had an outsized impact on
the early development of Russia into a Great Power in the course of
the seventeenth century. Although this influence is usually
associated with Peter the Great's reign, the author argues that
much of it predates Peter's accession to the tsarist throne. This
book explores the origins and development of the narrow ties the
United Provinces (Dutch Republic) and the Russian Empire maintained
in the early modern age, weighing their political, military,
economic, and cultural significance for world history.
This book shows how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was
closely linked to their involvement in warfare. By charting Dutch
activity across the globe, it explores Dutch participation in the
international arms trade, and in wars both at home and abroad. In
doing so, it ponders the issue of how capitalism has often
historically thrived best when its practitioners are ruthless and
ignore the human cost of their search for riches. This complicates
the traditional Marxist understanding of capitalists as
middle-class exploiters in arguing for a much greater agency among
lower-class Dutch soldiers and sailors in their efforts to benefit
from skills that were in high demand.
This clear and focused text provides an introduction to imperial
Russian and Soviet history from the crowning of Mikhail Romanov in
1613 to Vladimir Putin's new term. Through a consistent
chronological narrative, Kees Boterbloem considers the political,
military, economic, social, religious, and cultural developments
and crucial turning points that led Russia from an exotic backwater
to superpower stature in the twentieth century. The author assesses
the tremendous price paid by those who made Russia and the Soviet
Union into such a hegemonic power, both locally and globally. He
considers the complex and varied interactions between Russians and
non-Russians and investigates the reasons for the remarkable
longevity of this last of the colonial powers, whose dependencies
were not granted independence until 1991. He explores the ongoing
legacies of this fraught decolonization process on the Russian
Federation itself and on the other states that succeeded the Soviet
Union. The only text designed and written specifically for a
one-semester course on this four-hundred-year period, it will
appeal to all readers interested in learning more about the history
of the people who have inhabited one-sixth of the earth's landmass
for centuries.
This clear and focused text provides an introduction to imperial
Russian and Soviet history from the crowning of Mikhail Romanov in
1613 to Vladimir Putin's new term. Through a consistent
chronological narrative, Kees Boterbloem considers the political,
military, economic, social, religious, and cultural developments
and crucial turning points that led Russia from an exotic backwater
to superpower stature in the twentieth century. The author assesses
the tremendous price paid by those who made Russia and the Soviet
Union into such a hegemonic power, both locally and globally. He
considers the complex and varied interactions between Russians and
non-Russians and investigates the reasons for the remarkable
longevity of this last of the colonial powers, whose dependencies
were not granted independence until 1991. He explores the ongoing
legacies of this fraught decolonization process on the Russian
Federation itself and on the other states that succeeded the Soviet
Union. The only text designed and written specifically for a
one-semester course on this four-hundred-year period, it will
appeal to all readers interested in learning more about the history
of the people who have inhabited one-sixth of the earth's landmass
for centuries.
Life in Stalin's Soviet Union is a collaborative work in which some
of the leading scholars in the field shed light on various aspects
of daily life for Soviet citizens. Split into three parts which
focus on 'Food, Health and Leisure', the 'Lived Experience' and
'Religion and Ideology', the book is comprised of chapters covering
a range of important subjects, including: * Food * Health and
Housing * Sex and Gender * Education * Religion (Christianity,
Islam and Judaism) * Sport and Leisure * Festivals There is
detailed analysis of urban and rural life, as well as explorations
of life in the gulag, life as a peasant, life in the military and
what it was like to be disabled in Stalin's Russia. The book also
engages with the wider Soviet Union wherever possible to ensure the
most in-depth discussion of life, in all its minutiae, under
Stalin. This is a vitally important book for any student of
Stalin's Russia keen to know more about the human history of this
complex period of dictatorship.
Life in Stalin's Soviet Union is a collaborative work in which some
of the leading scholars in the field shed light on various aspects
of daily life for Soviet citizens. Split into three parts which
focus on 'Food, Health and Leisure', the 'Lived Experience' and
'Religion and Ideology', the book is comprised of chapters covering
a range of important subjects, including: * Food * Health and
Housing * Sex and Gender * Education * Religion (Christianity,
Islam and Judaism) * Sport and Leisure * Festivals There is
detailed analysis of urban and rural life, as well as explorations
of life in the gulag, life as a peasant, life in the military and
what it was like to be disabled in Stalin's Russia. The book also
engages with the wider Soviet Union wherever possible to ensure the
most in-depth discussion of life, in all its minutiae, under
Stalin. This is a vitally important book for any student of
Stalin's Russia keen to know more about the human history of this
complex period of dictatorship.
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