Russian-Turkmen encounters the Caspian frontier before the Great Game / S. Peter Poullada ; with translations by Claora E. Styron.
| Author/creator | Poullada, S. Peter |
| Other author | Styron, Claora E. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018. |
| Description | xxx, 181 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Caspian frontier before the Great Game |
| Series | International library of Central Asian Studies ; 9 International library of Central Asian studies ; 9. ^A708203 |
| Contents | Russian-Turkmen Frontier Encounters: 1558-1745 -- The Khan's Letter -- Astrakhan, the Turkmen of Mangyshlak and the Long-Distance Caravan Trade -- Turkmen, Uzbeks and Russians -- The Duel for Mangyshlak between Turkmen, Kalmyks and Kazakhs -- The Turkmen of Mangyshlak and the Kalmyks -- The Turkmen of Mangyshlak and the Kazakhs -- Russian-Turkmen Relations in the Era of Peter the Great -- Nadir Shah Afshar in Central Asia -- Conclusion -- The Journals of Captain Tebelev (1741) and Captain Kopytovskii (1745) -- Preface to the English Translation / Claora E. Styron -- Introduction / V. Razumovskaia, Claora E. Styron -- From the Journal of Captain G. Tebelev, 1741 -- 12 June {1741} -- 14 June {1741} -- June {1741} -- 17 (June) {1741} -- 18 June {1741} -- 19 June {1741} -- 22 June {1741} -- 23 June {1741} -- 25 June {1741} -- 26 June {1741} -- 27 June {1741} -- 28 June {1741} -- From the Journal of Captain V. Kopytovskii, 1745 -- 9 June {1745} -- 13 July {1745} -- {14 July 1745} -- 14 July {1745} -- 16 July {1745} -- 17 July {1745} -- 19 July {1745} -- 21 July {1745} -- 23 July {1745} -- 25 July {1745} -- 26 July {1745} -- 27 July {1745} -- 11 August {1745}. |
| Abstract | In the mid-eighteenth century the Russian tsar sent two expeditions across the Caspian Sea in response to an extraordinary plea for assistance from the recently subjugated Kalmyk Khan. The official journals of these expeditions, here translated into English for the first time, record the encounters of Captains Tebelev and Kopitovskii (in 1741 and 1745, respectively) with the Turkmen tribes of the Caspian frontier zone. Together they form the basis for the author's study of the relationship between the expanding Russian empire and the tribal peoples of Central Asia over a period of more than 200 years. Drawing on Russian archival sources and Persian and Uzbek chronicles, this book provides a detailed exploration of the historical and political context of the encounters so vividly described in the two journals.--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-174) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020445751 |
| ISBN | 9781784537012 |
| ISBN | 1784537012 |
| Standard identifier# | 13062077 |
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