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On the Religious Frontier: Tsarist Russia and Islam in the Caucasus
Firouzeh Mostashari
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Description for On the Religious Frontier: Tsarist Russia and Islam in the Caucasus
Paperback. Modern Russia's turbulent relations with its Muslim frontiers date back centuries. Indeed the nineteenth century, when the Muslim Caucasus first came under Russian rule, witnessed many of the historical antecedents to today's violent confrontations. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUZ; HBLL; HBTQ; JFSR2; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Modern Russia's turbulent relations with its Muslim frontiers date back centuries. Indeed the nineteenth century, when the Muslim Caucasus first came under Russian rule, witnessed many of the historical antecedents to today's violent confrontations. With this in mind, On The Religious Frontier examines the history of Muslim Azerbaijan under Christian Orthodox Russian imperial rule and the attempts of the Russian administrators of the Caucasus to integrate the region into the empire. Drawing on original archival research from across Azerbaijan and Russia, Firouzeh Mostashari considers the formation of a Russian colonial administration in the Muslim Caucasus; subsequent social, political and economic ... Read more
Modern Russia's turbulent relations with its Muslim frontiers date back centuries. Indeed the nineteenth century, when the Muslim Caucasus first came under Russian rule, witnessed many of the historical antecedents to today's violent confrontations. With this in mind, On The Religious Frontier examines the history of Muslim Azerbaijan under Christian Orthodox Russian imperial rule and the attempts of the Russian administrators of the Caucasus to integrate the region into the empire. Drawing on original archival research from across Azerbaijan and Russia, Firouzeh Mostashari considers the formation of a Russian colonial administration in the Muslim Caucasus; subsequent social, political and economic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
International Library of Historical Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784539184
SKU
V9781784539184
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About Firouzeh Mostashari
Firouzeh Mostashari is a historian and playwright. She is also the author of Tolstoy's Hidden Stories and has taught at Regis College, Harvard University and the University of Iowa.
Reviews for On the Religious Frontier: Tsarist Russia and Islam in the Caucasus
'A welcome addition to the growing monograph literature on the non-Slavic areas of the Russian Empire.' - The Slavonic and East European Review