Imperial Policies and Perspectives Towards Georgia, 1760-1819 / Edition 1

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Overview

The image of an Empire relentlessly gobbling up the Eurasian steppe has dominated Western thinking about Russia for centuries, but is it accurate? Far from being motivated by a well-organized plan for territorial conquest, the Imperial government of the late eighteenth century had no consistent or coherent policy towards the Georgian lands which lie south of the Caucasus mountains. Seen both as co-religionist allies and as troublesome nuisances by different factions in St. Petersburg, Russian attitudes towards Georgia fluctuated as Emperors and Empresses, along with their favourites and enemies, rose and fell from supreme power. Thanks to the determined efforts of two princes, Grigorii Potemkin and Dimitri Tsitsianov, a vision of Georgia linked firmly to Russia was imposed upon a sceptical St. Petersburg. This led to its complete incorporation into the Russian Empire, forever changing the destinies of Russia, the Caucasus, and all Eurasia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312229900
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/15/2000
Series:	St Antony's Series
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	197
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Nikolas K. Gvosdev is Lecturer at Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory, Hollywood, Florida.

Table of Contents

Setting the Stage
• The Embassy of Teimuraz II
• Russia and Georgia during the Turkish War (1768-74)
• The Treaty of Georgievsk (1783) and its Aftermath
• Georgia Abandoned (1787-97)
• The Incorporation of Eastern Georgia into the Russian Empire (1798-1801)
• Tsitsianov and the Consolidation of Imperial Power in Georgia (1802-6)
• Solidifying the Russian Presence in Georgia (1806-12)
• Final Consolidation (1812-19)
• Concluding Thoughts

Editorial Reviews

Gvosdev has written a crisp, clear subtle account of reluctant imperialism...” —Slavic Review

“...small but interesting, timely, and well-written volume.” —International History Review

From the Publisher

...small but interesting,timely,and well-written volume.

International History Review