The Elusive Empire Kazan and the Creation of Russia 1552 1671 1st Edition by Matthew P Romaniello ISBN 0299285146 9780299285142

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ISBN 10: 0299285146 

ISBN 13: 9780299285142

Author: Matthew P. Romaniello

In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople, a turning point that, over the next four years, would complete Moscow’s control over the river. This conquest provided a direct trade route with the Middle East and would transform Muscovy into a global power. As Matthew Romaniello shows, however, learning to manage the conquered lands and peoples would take decades.
    Russia did not succeed in empire-building because of its strength, leadership, or even the weakness of its neighbors, Romaniello contends; it succeeded by managing its failures. Faced with the difficulty of assimilating culturally and religiously alien peoples across thousands of miles, the Russian state was forced to compromise in ways that, for a time, permitted local elites of diverse backgrounds to share in governance and to preserve a measure of autonomy. Conscious manipulation of political and religious language proved more vital than sheer military might. For early modern Russia, empire was still elusive—an aspiration to political, economic, and military control challenged by continuing resistance, mismanagement, and tenuous influence over vast expanses of territory.

Table of contents:

Cover
Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Glossary of Terms
Introduction

Chapter 1: Imperial Ideas
Chapter 2: Conflicted Authorities
Chapter 3: Foreign Interests
Chapter 4: Loyal Enemies
Chapter 5: Irregular Subjects
Chapter 6: Subdued Rebels

Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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