Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
Cossacks and the Russian Empire, 1598–1725: Manipulation, Rebellion and Expansion into Siberia
1st Edition
By Christoph Witzenrath
April 03, 2009
Using a wide range sources, this book explores the ways in which the Russians governed their empire in Siberia from 1598 to 1725. Paying particular attention to the role of the Siberian Cossaks, the author takes a thorough assessment of how the institutions of imperial government functioned in ...
The Many Deaths of Tsar Nicholas II: Relics, Remains and the Romanovs
1st Edition
By Wendy Slater
August 06, 2007
How did Nicholas II, Russia’s last Tsar, meet his death? Shot point blank in a bungled execution by radical Bolsheviks in the Urals, Nicholas and his family disappeared from history in the Soviet era. But in the 1970s, a local geologist and a crime fiction writer discovered the location of their ...
Tiny Revolutions in Russia: Twentieth Century Soviet and Russian History in Anecdotes and Jokes
1st Edition
By Bruce Adams
May 14, 2007
This book presents a large collection of anecdotes and jokes from different periods of the twentieth century to provide an unusual perspective on Soviet and Russian history. Anecdotes and jokes were a hidden form of discursive communication in the Soviet era, lampooning official practices and ...
The History of Siberia
1st Edition
By Igor V. Naumov, David Collins
November 26, 2004
Siberia has had an interesting history, quite distinct from that of Russia. Absolutely vast, containing many non-Russian nationalities, and increasingly important at present because of its huge energy reserves, Siberia was at one time part of the Mongol Empire, was settled relatively late by the ...