Imperial Russian Foreign Policy

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Hardcover | 25 April 1994

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Imperial Russian Foreign Policy aims to demythologise a field hitherto dominated by suspicions of diabolical cunning, inscrutable motives, and international plots using unseen forces of the gigantic, fear-inspiring empire of the tsar. The contributors, leading historians from both Russia and the West, examine Imperial foreign policy from its origins to the October Revolution, revealing a policy that, as in other countries, had a complex of motives - commerce, nationalism, the interests of various social groups - but an unusual origin, coming almost exclusively from the entourage of the tsar. The work is based largely on original research in Soviet archives, which only became possible after Soviet glasnost.

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' ... doubly welcome. It is inspired by genuine scholarly interest in the subject ... it provides additional evidence of a broadening range of Russian historiography.' Richard Pipes, Times Literary Supplement 'The contributors show a high scholarly standard throughout. The cooperation of Western and Soviet historians in an outstanding, well-coordinated composition gives this book special appeal. It will be of great use ... for teachers and students of history and international relations.' Dietrich Geyer, University of Tubingen

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Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction: the traditions of Imperial Russian foreign policy - problems of the present, agenda for the future	p. 1
The imperial heritage of Peter the Great in the foreign policy of his early successors	p. 21
The role of the Baltic in Russian foreign policy, 1721-1773	p. 36
Russian projects of conquest in the eighteenth century	p. 75
Runaway peasants and Russian motives for the partitions of Poland	p. 103
Policy traditions and the Menshikov mission of 1853	p. 119
The personal responsibility of Emperor Nicholas I for the coming of the Crimean War: an episode in the diplomatic struggle in the Eastern Question	p. 159
Russian policy and the United States during the Crimean War	p. 173
The sale of Alaska in the context of Russo-American relations in the nineteenth century	p. 193
Russia's Balkan policies under Alexander II, 1855-1881	p. 219
The foreign policy of Russia in the Far East at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries	p. 247
A lever without a fulcrum: domestic factors and Russian foreign policy, 1905-1914	p. 268
Persistent factors in Russian foreign policy: an interpretive essay	p. 315
The historiography of Imperial Russian foreign policy: a critical survey	p. 360
Afterword	p. 445
About the authors	p. 447
Index	p. 451
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