We shall be masters : Russian pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin / Chris Miller.
We shall be masters : Russian pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin / Chris Miller.
We shall be masters : Russian pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin / Chris Miller.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
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G 2021/0632
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English
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x, 361 pages : maps ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: Only a short distance away: Russia's arrival on the Pacific Coast -- Russia's Columbus: Tsar Alexander I's transpacific empire -- Russian control will be guaranteed forever: Nikolai Muravev and the conquest of the Pacific Coast -- We can repeat the exploits of Cortez: expansion and ret...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2021.
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"We Shall Be Masters is an illuminating account of Russia's attempts-and failures-to achieve great power status in Asia. Since Peter the Great, Russian leaders have been lured by opportunity to the East. Under the tsars, Russians colonized Alaska, California, and Hawaii. The Trans-Siberian Railway linked Moscow to Vladivostok. And Stalin looked to...
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We shall be masters : Russian pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin / Chris Miller.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2021/0632
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74VKaRLLP0lg
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0674916441
9780674916449
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947
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991024392616902626
