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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783990803321

Autore

Becker Seymour

Titolo

Russia's protectorates in Central Asia : Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924 / / Seymour Becker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-33582-2

1-134-33583-0

1-280-17515-X

0-203-39083-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Central Asian studies series ; ; 5

Disciplina

958.708

Soggetti

Bukhoro (Uzbekistan) Politics and government

Khiva (Uzbekistan) Politics and government

Russia Territorial expansion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-344) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Introduction; Supplementary Bibliography; Part One /The Russian Conquest; Part Two /The Period of Neglect; Part Three /The Russian Presence; Part Four /Revolution; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Abbreviations Used in Bibliography and Notes; Bibliography; Notes; Russian Research Center Studies; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between Russia and the territories until their extinction as political entities in 1924. It shows how Russia's approach developed from one of non-intervention, with the primary aim of preventing British expansion from India into the region, to one of increasing intervention as trade and Russian settlement grew. It goes on to discuss the role of Bukhara and Khiva in the First World War and the Russian Revolution, and how the region was fundamentally cha