Russia’s Orient: Imperial Borderlands and Peoples, 1700-1917

… the first study of the Russian Empire in English which attempts in a sophisticated way, using the latest developments in colonial studies, to deal not only with imperial rule but with the mutual encounter with the non-Russian peoples… . a new paradigm for looking at the imperial history of tsarist Russia. -Ronald Grigor Suny

… ambitious, wide-ranging, and ultimately provocative …
-Slavic Review

This excellent volume draws on the expertise of both young and established specialists … the volume is a pleasure to read. -American Historical Review

… a major step toward ‘discovering Russian Asia’ … a job well done. -The Russian Review

Russia’s Orient investigates the relationship between the Russian Empire and the non-Russian peoples of its southern and eastern borderlands from the 18th to the early 20th centuries.