Description - Russian Frontiers by Beatrice Teissier
The vast and expanding Russian empire of the eighteenth
century was inhabited by a great number of peoples. This
book, part anthology, part commentary, is the first of
its kind to bring together British travellers' accounts
of the peoples and places of the lesser known but key
parts of Russia s frontiers: the Lower Volga, Azerbaijan,
parts of Kazakhstan and 'independent Tartary' or central
Asia. In the course of their journeys the travellers
variously encountered indigenous Finnic groups, diverse
sedentary and nomadic Tatars and Mongol Oirats (Kalmyks).
With the exception of central Asia, Russia made
significant inroads into these regions from 1700 onwards,
with a resulting cultural impact on their non-Slavic
inhabitants that included forced Christianisation, the
restriction of pastures and the settlement of foreign and
Russian colonies. The majority of writers included here
were working in Russia and travelled in the course of
their duties, visiting parts little known to Western
Europeans.
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