The Russian far East : a history
This comprehensive history of the Russian Far East reconstructs the area's experience from paleolithic times to the present. Conventionally regarded as a peripheral region, it in fact has a unique identity and dynamic. The author adopts a Eurasian perspective to chronicle the area's rich history.
Print Book, English, ©1994
Stanford University Press, Stanford (California), ©1994
History
XXIII, 481 p. 24 cm
9780804723114, 9780804727013, 0804723117, 0804727015
432181092
Introduction; Part I. Northeast Asian Ecumene: 1. Geography and prehistory; 2. The Chinese Millennium; 3. Russian entree; 4. Amur setback; 5. Pacific window; 6. Return to the Amur; Part II. The Russian Far East: 7. Toward a Far Eastern viceroyalty; 8. Patterns of settlement; 8. East Asian communities; 10. International emporium; 11. Stirrings of a regional consciousness; 12. Rumblings; 13. Revolution; 14. Civil war; 15. Intervention; 16. The Far Eastern republic; Part III. The Soviet Far East: 17. Anomalous enclave; 18. The Far Eastern cohort; 19. Red-bannered satraps; 20. Building socialism on the Pacific; 21. Center vs. periphery; 22. 'Cleansing' Dalkrai; 23. Kolyma; 24. War without a front; 25. A front without war; 26. Khrushchevian interlude; 27. The era of stagnation; 28. Frontier ethos; Conclusion; Appendixes.