Creating a Russian Colonial Community: City, Nation, and Empire in Tashkent, 1865--1923

Russians defended their identity as members of a distinct colonial community. Even as they asserted their links to Europe and Russia, settlers consistently resisted central dictates. Colonial residents across the social scale argued that their special role as emissaries of European civilization had engendered a unique society and culture in the city. Settler autonomy threatened to undermine the ideals of the soviet regime in the early 1920s, forcing a crackdown from the metropole.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Sahadeo, Jeffery Frank

Contributors dc:contributor

• Koenker, Diane P.

• History, Asia, Australia and Oceania

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9990128

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84767