Modern Central Asia - Yuriy Malikov

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Résumé :
This source reader discusses Central Asian history through the context of Russian colonialism and its aftermath. It examines the influence of ethnonationalism, religion, and cross-cultural contact in the nation-building process across Central Asia....

Biographie:
Yuriy Malikov is associate professor of history at SUNY Oneonta....

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Part I: Tsarist Central Asia
Chapter 1: Pre-Colonial Central Asia - Nomads and People of Oases
Document 1.1: Ivan Andreev, Description of the Kazakhs' Middle Horde
Document 1.2: Johann Gottlieb Georgi, About Tartar Peoples
Document 1.3: Burnachev and Pospelov, The Trip to Tashkent
Document 1.4: ?rmin V?mb?ry, Travels in Central Asia
Chapter 2: Russian Policies and Steppe Realities in the Eighteenth Century
Document 2.1: Decision of the Board of Foreign Affairs on the Letter Sent by Abu'l Khayr Khan
Document 2.2: Text of the Oath by Abu'l Khayr Khan on the Acceptance of a Russian Protectorate
Document 2.3: Letter of Abu'l Khayr Khan to Anna Ioannovna with a Request to Send Tevkelev to him and to Construct a Fortress at the Mouth of the River Or'
Document 2.4: Catherine II's Decree to the Governor-General of Simbirsk and Ufa about the Maintenance of Order on the Kazakh Steppe, the Safety of Borders, the Khan's Powers, the Appointment of Mullahs to Kazakh Clans, etc.
Document 2.5: Letter of Khan