Monthly Archives: January 2017

Four Noteworthy Attributes of “Threads of Empire”

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Paul Werth

Some people crank out books rapidly, one quickly after the last. Others take longer to accomplish the task. Based as it is on a dissertation defended at Columbia University back in 1999, Charles Steinwedel’s Threads of Empire has been a … Continue reading →

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Untangling Ideas with Imperial Threads

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Matthew Romaniello

The more time I’ve spent thinking about the Chuck Steinwedel’s excellent Threads of Empire, the more I’m taken by the idea of imperial threads.  The intertwined purpose of policy is difficult for anyone to unwind. I think this is an … Continue reading →

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Imperial History as a Journey (Charles Steinwedel’s Threads of Empire: Loyalty and Tsarist Authority in Bashkiria, 1552-1917)

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Ilya Gerasimov

In the early 1960s the famous Russian writer and literary critic Korney Chukovsky, renowned for his acidic and even cruel comments, coined the aphorism: “In Russia, one needs to live long: it’s interesting!” Born in 1882, Chukovsky was a lucky … Continue reading →

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Threads of Empire: A Blog Conversation

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Alison Smith

I’m very pleased that over the next several weeks the Russian History Blog will be hosting another book conversation, this time of Charles Steinwedel’s Threads of Empire: Loyalty and Tsarist Authority in Bashkiria, 1552-1917 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2016). The … Continue reading →

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