Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
1. Empire, Imperial Identity and Colonial Rule: The Russian Case
2. Empire by Design or Accident of History?
3. The Russian Empire in Western Eyes
4. Prehistory and Geography: Rus’
5. The Mongols, Siberia and Asia
6. Moscow’s Rise: The Impact of the Byzantine, Polish-Lithuanian and Mongolian Empires on Muscovy
7. Troubles
8. From Mikhail to Peter: Composite Empire and Middle Ground
9. The Waning of the Middle Ground: The Russian, French and British Empires, 1721–1853
10. Indirect and Direct Rule: The Russian and British Empires in Asia, 1853–1907
11. Multinational Empires: Russia and Austria-Hungary, 1853–1917
12. The Soviet Union as Empire, 1917–91
13. Since 1991: Russkii or Rossiiskii?
Afterword: Is the Age of Political Empires Over?
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index