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WARFARE, STATE AND SOCIETY ON THE BLACK SEA STEPPE, 1500-170 IBD

ROUTLEDGE
04 / 2007
9780415239868
Anglès

Sinopsi

This crucial period in RussiaâÇÖs history has, up until now, been neglected by historians, but hereáBrian L. DaviesâÇÖ study provides an essential insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power.For nearly three centuries, Russia vied with the Crimean Khanate, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire for mastery of the Ukraine and the fertile steppes above the Black Sea, a region of great strategic and economic importanceá- arguably the pivot of Eurasia at the time.The long campaign took a great toll upon RussiaâÇÖs population, economy and institutions, and repeatedly frustrated or redefined Russian military and diplomatic projects in the West. The struggle was every bit as important as RussiaâÇÖs wars in northern and central Europe for driving the Russian state-building process, forcing military reform and shaping RussiaâÇÖs visions of Empire.

PVP
89,37