Russian merchants in Central Asia. Review of Konstantin Alekseevich Abdrakhmanov’s thesis “The daily work of Russian merchants in the context of Russia’s economic relations with Asian countries in the 18th and early 20th centuries”, submitted for the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences in specialty 5.6.1. Russian History
Evgeniya V. Komleva, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher
Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, feodal@history.nsc.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6975-3516
Abstract
The article-review of the doctoral dissertation emphasizes the relevance and novelty of the research within the framework of modern Russian historiography, characterizes the structure of the work, its theoretical and practical significance, identifies the key issues raised by the author related to the history of Russian and Tatar merchants in the Central Asian region. The author’s approach to study the development of economic relations between Russia and the peoples of Central Asia from the perspective of interaction between the state and private capital in this area is underlined. The conclusion is made about the great scientific significance of K. A. Abdrakhmanov’s research, useful not only for professional historians and economists, but also capable of arousing the interest of a wide range of readers.
Keywords
Central Asia, Russian merchants, the history of everyday life, everyday work, the incorporation of Central Asia into the Russian Empire, the interaction of state power and private capital.
For citation:
Komleva E. V. Russian merchants in Central Asia. Review of Konstantin Alekseevich Abdrakhmanov’s thesis “The daily work of Russian merchants in the context of Russia’s economic relations with Asian countries in the 18th and early 20th centuries”, submitted for the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences in specialty 5.6.1. Russian History. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2025, no. 3 (55), pp. 290—301. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2025.55.17.
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