Translation of a historical essay on Russia's first attempt to conquer Central Asia and the creation of the south Siberian frontier under Peter the Great
This was fascinating! Thank you for writing. Do Russian historians ever compare Russias drive to the pacific with America’s? The similarity between the two conquests of an “internal” frontier is striking
I'm not sure about Russian historians, I am not well read enough to say, but there is a great English history book on this. "Imperial Visions: Nationalist Imagination and Geographical Expansion in the Russian Far East, 1840–1865" by Mark Bassin. It is about how Russia acquired its Far East territories on the Pacific, and the fears that America or Britain would seize them first
This was fascinating! Thank you for writing. Do Russian historians ever compare Russias drive to the pacific with America’s? The similarity between the two conquests of an “internal” frontier is striking
I'm not sure about Russian historians, I am not well read enough to say, but there is a great English history book on this. "Imperial Visions: Nationalist Imagination and Geographical Expansion in the Russian Far East, 1840–1865" by Mark Bassin. It is about how Russia acquired its Far East territories on the Pacific, and the fears that America or Britain would seize them first
Thanks very much for this recommendation. Will check it out!
Olga, Viking Queen of the Rus . . . https://cwspangle.substack.com/p/olga-viking-queen-of-the-rus