Imperial Boundaries Cossack Communities and Empire-Building in the Age of Peter the Great |
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| Author:
| Boeck, Brian J. |
| Series title: | New Studies in European History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-51463-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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Addressing key historical issues of imperial expansion, in this book Brian Boeck shows how Peter I destroyed the old world of the Don Steppe in Russia and created a new imperial Cossack order in its place by promoting border patrol, migration control, bureaucratic regulation of cross-border contacts and deportation of dissidents.
Addressing key historical issues of imperial expansion, in this book Brian Boeck shows how Peter I destroyed the old world of the Don Steppe in Russia and created a new imperial Cossack order in its place by promoting border patrol, migration control, bureaucratic regulation of cross-border contacts and deportation of dissidents.