Imperial space in regional dimension. By the example of relations between Russia and Kazakh steppe. Book review: Izbasarova G. B. Western Kazakhstan in the regional policy of the Russian Empire (XVIII — early XIX centuries). Aktobe : Print A, 2022. 358 p.
Ramazan R. Magomedov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor
Orenburg State Pedagogical University, Orenburg Branch of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Orenburg, Russia, rr-magomedob@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0871-3972
Abstract
The review is devoted to the monograph by G. B. Izbasarova, which reveals the content of the policy of the Russian Empire towards the Younger Zhuz in the XVIII — early XIX century. The article analyzes the external and internal factors that stimulated Khan Abulkhair to voluntarily join the Younger Zhuz into the Russian Empire. The paper also substantiates the geopolitical background of Russia’s interest in the incorporation of the Kazakh steppe into the imperial space. The author of the study shows Russian-Kazakh relations in development throughout the XVIII and early XIX centuries. Using the example of the Kazakh Steppe, she defines the general and specific mechanisms and methods used by the state to manage the ethnic groups of the outskirts of the Russian Empire in the period under review. The reviewed monograph is a comprehensive study that examines the little-known aspects of the process of the Kazakh society joining Russia.
Keywords
G. B. Izbasarova, Russian Empire, Younger Zhuz, Kazakh steppe, Orenburg province, incorporation of the Kazakhs, Khan Abulkhair, historiography of the problem, source base.
For citation:
Magomedov R. R. Imperial space in regional dimension. By the example of relations between Russia and Kazakh steppe. Book review: Izbasarova G. B. Western Kazakhstan in the regional policy of the Russian Empire (XVIII — early XIX centuries). Aktobe : Print A, 2022. 358 p.Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2024, no. 1 (49), pp. 305—311. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2024.49.18.
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