Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Note on Transliteration and Dates -- Russian Measurements -- Cast of Major Characters -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. A Weak and Distant Domain -- CHAPTER TWO. An Appetite for Asia -- CHAPTER THREE. Siberia Is for Russia -- CHAPTER FOUR. Divergent Visions -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Vital Nerve and the Tail End -- CHAPTER SIX. Bureaucracy Prolix -- CHAPTER SEVEN. A State within a State -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Witte and the Taming of the Wild East -- CHAPTER NINE. Monument to Bungling -- CHAPTER TEN. The Limits of Railroad Colonization -- Conclusion -- Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index

    In Road to Power Steven G. Marks tells the story of one of the most difficult and expensive peaceful undertakings in modern history and the most ambitious initiative of the last two Russian tsars—the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad and the accompanying colonization of the immense Asian territories of the Russian empire


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    Titel :

    Road to Power : The Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Colonization of Asian Russia, 1850-1917


    Beteiligte:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2019


    Format / Umfang :

    1 Online-Ressource (272 p)


    Anmerkungen:

    12 b&w illustrations, 3 maps




    Medientyp :

    Buch


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch






    The trans-Siberian railroad

    Michelsen, Henry | Engineering Index Backfile | 1899


    The marine department of the Trans-Siberian railroad

    Fawcett, Waldon | Engineering Index Backfile | 1900


    The Siberian railroad

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1896