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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454125803321

Autore

Atkin Muriel

Titolo

Russia and Iran, 1780-1828 [[electronic resource] /] / Muriel Atkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1980

ISBN

0-8166-5697-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

327.47055

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Soviet Union Foreign relations Iran

Iran Foreign relations Soviet Union

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Map of Central Asia about 1800; Map of the Caucasus about 1800; I. Introduction: The Early Stages of Russo-Iranian Relations; II. The Iranian Empire and the Caucasian Borderlands at the End of the Eighteenth Century; III. Russian Expansion under Catherine the Great; IV. Russian Policy: Questions and Continuity; V. Russia's Conquest of the Eastern Caucasus; VI. The Origins of the First Russo-Iranian War; VII. The War, 1804-1813; VIII. France and Britain in Iran; IX. The Consequences of the Struggle for the Eastern Caucasus; X. Conclusions; Notes

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Sommario/riassunto

Modern Russo-Iranian relations date from the late eighteenth century, when after several centuries of commercial and diplomatic contact, the two nations entered a period of extended warfare for possession of the Caucasian borderlands, disputed territory t