TY  - BOOK
AU  - Romaniello,Matthew P.
TI  - The elusive empire: Kazan and the creation of Russia, 1552-1671 
SN  - 0299285138
AV  - DK100 .R66 2012eb
U1  - 947.04 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Madison, Wis.
PB  - University of Wisconsin Press
KW  - Orthodox Eastern Church
KW  - Russia
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
KW  - gnd
KW  - nli
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Religion et politique
KW  - Russie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Europe
KW  - Eastern
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Former Soviet Republics
KW  - Russia & the Former Soviet Union
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Expansion
KW  - Imperialismus
KW  - Politik
KW  - Religion
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Kazanskoe khanstvo
KW  - Period of Consolidation, 1462-1605
KW  - Time of Troubles, 1598-1613
KW  - URSS
KW  - Relations extérieures
KW  - 1462-1605 (Formation de l'État)
KW  - 1598-1613 (Temps des Troubles)
KW  - Asia
KW  - Moskauer Reich
KW  - Kasan
KW  - Khanat Kasan
KW  - Russland
KW  - idszbz
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Imperial Ideas -- 2. Conflicted Authorities -- 3. Foreign Interests -- 4. Loyal Enemies -- 5. Irregular Subjects -- 6. Subdued Rebels; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2021
N2  - In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople, a turning point that, over the next four years, would complete Moscow's control over the river. This conquest provided a direct trade route with the Middle East and would transform Muscovy into a global power. As Matthew Romaniello shows, however, learning to manage the conquered lands and peoples would take decades. Russia did not succeed in empire-building because of its strength, leadership, or even the weakness of its neighbors, Romaniello contends; it succeeded by managing its failures. Faced with the difficulty of assimilating culturally and religiously alien peoples across thousands of miles, the Russian state was forced to compromise in ways that, for a time, permitted local elites of diverse backgrounds to share in governance and to preserve a measure of autonomy. Conscious manipulation of political and religious language proved more vital than sheer military might. For early modern Russia, empire was still elusive-an aspiration to political, economic, and military control challenged by continuing resistance, mismanagement, and tenuous influence over vast expanses of territory
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