This new book examines the role of the Tsarist General Staff in studying and administering Russia's Asian borderlands. It considers the nature of the Imperial Russian state, the institutional...
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and...
Each book in this series concisely surveys a major historical event or interrelated series of events or a major cultural, economic, political, or social movement. In this book, learn about the...