LEADER 03816nam 2200589 450 001 996472040103316 005 20220423000036.0 010 $a9780674259355$b(electronic book) 010 $a0-674-25933-5 010 $a0-674-25935-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674259355 035 $a(CKB)4100000011917292 035 $a(DE-B1597)584966 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674259355 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6578899 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6578899 035 $a(OCoLC)1250090097 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011917292 100 $a20211208h20212021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWe shall be masters $eRussian pivots to East Asia from Peter the great to Putin /$fChris Miller 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 361 pages) 311 1 $a0-674-91644-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t1 Lord of Alaska --$t2 ?Russian Control Will Be Guaranteed Forever? --$t3 ?We Can Still Repeat the Exploits of Cortez? --$t4 ?Tightening the Bonds between Us? --$t5 ?A New Mecca for the East? --$t6 ?We Must Have Our Hands Free? --$t7 ?The Great Hope of Humankind? --$t8 Perestroika and the Pacific --$tConclusion: ?Heir to the Empire of Genghis Khan? 330 $aAn illuminating account of Russia?s attempts?and failures?to achieve great power status in Asia. Since Peter the Great, Russian leaders have been lured by opportunity to the East. Under the tsars, Russians colonized Alaska, California, and Hawaii. The Trans-Siberian Railway linked Moscow to Vladivostok. And Stalin looked to Asia as a sphere of influence, hospitable to the spread of Soviet Communism. In Asia and the Pacific lay territory, markets, security, and glory. But all these expansionist dreams amounted to little. In We Shall Be Masters, Chris Miller explores why, arguing that Russia?s ambitions have repeatedly outstripped its capacity. With the core of the nation concentrated thousands of miles away in the European borderlands, Russia?s would-be pioneers have always struggled to project power into Asia and to maintain public and elite interest in their far-flung pursuits. Even when the wider population professed faith in Asia?s promise, few Russians were willing to pay the steep price. Among leaders, too, dreams of empire have always been tempered by fears of cost. Most of Russia?s pivots to Asia have therefore been halfhearted and fleeting. Today the Kremlin talks up the importance of ?strategic partnership? with Xi Jinping?s China, and Vladimir Putin?s government is at pains to emphasize Russian activities across Eurasia. But while distance is covered with relative ease in the age of air travel and digital communication, the East remains far off in the ways that matter most. Miller finds that Russia?s Asian dreams are still restrained by the country?s firm rooting in Europe. 606 $aColonies 607 $aAsia$xRelations$zSoviet Union 607 $aAsia$xRelations$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aSoviet Union$xRelations$zAsia 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xRelations$zAsia 607 $aAsia$xRelations$zRussia 607 $aRussia$xRelations$zAsia 607 $aRussia$xColonies$zAmerica 607 $aRussia$xTerritorial expansion$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aColonies. 676 $a947 700 $aMiller$b Chris$c(Research fellow),$01224541 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996472040103316 996 $aWe shall be masters$92842740 997 $aUNISA