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The Russian Empire, Slaving and Liberation, 1480–1725

Trans-Cultural Worldviews in Eurasia

By: Christoph Witzenrath

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The Russian Empire, Slaving and Liberation, 1480–1725

Trans-Cultural Worldviews in Eurasia

By: Christoph Witzenrath

The monograph realigns political culture and countermeasures against slave raids, which increased during the breakup of the Golden Horde. By physical defense of the open steppe border and by embracing the New Israel symbolism in which the exodus from slavery in Egypt prefigures the exodus of Russian captives from Tatar captivity, Muscovites found a defensive model to expand empire. Recent scholarly debates on slaving are innovatively applied to Russian and imperial history, challenging entrenched perceptions of Muscovy.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110696436

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9783110696431

Cossacks and the Russian Empire, 1598–1725

Manipulation, Rebellion and Expansion into Siberia

By: Christoph Witzenrath

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Cossacks and the Russian Empire, 1598–1725

Manipulation, Rebellion and Expansion into Siberia

By: Christoph Witzenrath

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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