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From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia and South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, British men and women, with no training, were dispatched to strange places, among strange people and faced unimaginable conditions. This book reveals the day-today lives, griefs and triumphs of governors at the height of the British Empire.

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This study traces the development of Russian national consciousness from the time of the reforms of Peter the Great in the early eighteenth century, when ideas of nation and nationalism first penetrated Russia, up until Russia's current post-imperial identity crisis.

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Russia and Italy Against Hitler uncovers the complex web of ideology, economics, military cooperation, and diplomacy binding Italy and the USSR together prior to 1935. Part I provides the background leading to their serious cooperation in 1933 and 1934: tripartite Italo-Soviet-German cooperation against France (1929 and 1930);

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This study examines the close cultural, economic, and military relationship between the Russian Empire and the Netherlands in the early modern period. The author argues that the Netherlands had an outsized impact on Russia's early development into a powerful state.

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Based on a wide range of sources, including Russian materials that have become available since the end of the Cold War, this work differs from many standard accounts in its emphasis of the factional nature of decision-making over external strategies and its description of competing strains in Soviet thinking about the outside world.

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This study examines the continuity of Russian policies during the early modern period in the midst of constant change. The author analyzes how Russian rulers from Ivan III to Catherine IIalong with their hub advisorsmanaged to sustain a balance between the two in seeking solutions to problems the country faced.

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This study examines the enduring Cold War legacies underpinning Western perceptions of contemporary Russia under President Vladimir Putin. It analyzes the ways in which the West has interpreted and reacted to Russias domestic authoritarianism and foreign policy behavior and argues for diplomatic engagement based on liberal pluralism.

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This study examines the enduring Cold War legacies underpinning Western perceptions of contemporary Russia under President Vladimir Putin. It analyzes the ways in which the West has interpreted and reacted to Russias domestic authoritarianism and foreign policy behavior and argues for diplomatic engagement based on liberal pluralism.

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This absorbing volume explores the complexities of the Soviet-American relationship between the November Revolution of 1917 and Russia's final departure in March 1918 from the ranks of the warring powers. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of

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This is the first work to address the whole span - chronologically and thematically - of the development of Siberia and its role in both a Russian and global context. It is also the first work to present history from the view of Siberians themselves. Beautifully written, this book is a fascinating read for anyone interested in Russia and Siberia.

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'Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East: A Translation of Vlas Doroshevich's "Sakhalin"' is the first English language translation of the Russian journalist Vlas Doroshevich's 1903 account of his visit to tsarist Russia's largest penal colony, Sakhalin, in the north Pacific.

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'Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East: A Translation of Vlas Doroshevich's "Sakhalin"' is the first English language translation of the Russian journalist Vlas Doroshevich's 1903 account of his visit to tsarist Russia's largest penal colony, Sakhalin, in the north Pacific.

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This book examines Russian policies in the western borderlands during the main period of expansion of the imperial system Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These e

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A study of the Russian Empire at the peak of its military power and success (1762-1825), this important book examines how a country with none of the obvious trappings of modernization was able to significantly expand its territory.

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It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians extraordinary period of imperial history will be written. Philip Marsden, Spectator