Russia's frozen frontier : a history of Siberia and the Russian Far East 1581-1991
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Russia's frozen frontier : a history of Siberia and the Russian Far East 1581-1991
Bloomsbury Academic, 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Alan Wood's ambitious work is the first to address the whole span - both chronologically and thematically - of the development of Siberia, and its role in both the Russian and the global context.
With a scope that reaches from Muscovy's conquest of Siberia in the 16th and 17th centuries to modern times, it explores the effects of colonial exploitation, the Revolutions of 1917 and developments during the Soviet period. Russia's Frozen Frontier is also the first book to detail the history of Siberia from the view of Siberians themselves - both Russian and native - rather than seen through the lens of Moscow or St Petersburg.
Table of Contents
1. The Environment: Ice box and El Dorado 2. The Russian Conquest: Invasion and Assimilation 3. The 18th Century: Exploration and Exploitation 4. The 19th Century: Russian America, Reform and Regionalism 5. The Native Peoples: Vanquished and Victims 6. 'Fetters in the Snow': The Siberian Exile System 7. The Last Tsar of Siberia: Railroad, Revolution and Mass Migration 8. Red Siberia: Revolution and Civil War 9. Siberia under Stalin: Growth, Gulag and the Great Patriotic War 10. Modern Siberia: Boom, BAM and Beyond
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