We shall be masters : Russia's pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin

Miller, Chris (Research fellow), author.

Book 2021

"We Shall Be Masters is an illuminating account of Russia's attempts--and failures--to achieve great power status in Asia. Since Peter the Great, Russian leaders have been lured by opportunity to the East. Under the tsars, Russians colonized Alaska, California, and Hawaii. The Trans-Siberian Railway linked Moscow to Vladivostok. And Stalin looked to Asia as a sphere of influence, hospitable to the spread of Soviet Communism. In Asia and the Pacif...

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ISBN:

9780674916449

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pages cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction: Only a short distance away: Russia's arrival on the Pacific Coast
Russia's Columbus: Tsar Alexander I's transpacific empire
Russian control will be guaranteed forever: Nikolai Muravev and the conquest of the Pacific Coast
We can repeat the exploits of Cortez: expansion and retreat in China's Central Asian borderlands
Tightening the bonds between us: Sergei Witte and the Trans-Siberian Railway
a Mecca for the East: the Bolshevik Revolution in China
We must have our hands free: Stalin's drive for hegemony in East Asia
The great hope of humankind: soft-power socialism in Asia
Perestroika and the Pacific: Mikhail Gorbachev's opening to Asia
Conclusion: Heir to the empire of Genghis Khan: Vladimir Putin's pivot to Asia

LCCN:

2020043291

Control Number:

3093202

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