Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in near fne dust jacket. A tight, clean and unmarked copy. 347pp. Illustrations, maps.. ISBN: 0801442427. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005 ISBN 0801442427 9780801442421 [CA]

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005 2005 Hard cover First edition. Hardcover. Fine in near fne dust jacket. A tight, clean and unmarked copy. 347pp. Illustrations, maps.

ISBN10: 0801442427, ISBN13: 9780801442421, [publisher: Cornell University Press] Hardcover VERY GOOD hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket, no marks in text, clean exterior
[Concord, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 2005]

Ithaca Cornell University Press 2005 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 376 p. Contains: Unspecified, Maps.

ISBN10: 0801442427, ISBN13: 9780801442421, [publisher: CORNELL UNIV PR] Hardcover In Heretics and Colonizers, Nicholas B. Breyfogle explores the dynamic intersection of Russian borderland colonization and popular religious culture.&Uumlber den AutorNicholas B. Breyfogle is Associate Professor of History at The.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2005]
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Hardback. New. In Heretics and Colonizers, Nicholas B. Breyfogle explores the dynamic intersection of Russian borderland colonization and popular religious culture. ISBN 0801442427 9780801442421 [GB]

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[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

New. In Heretics and Colonizers, Nicholas B. Breyfogle explores the dynamic intersection of Russian borderland colonization and popular religious culture. He reconstructs the story of the religious sectarians (Dukhobors, Molokans, and Subbotniks) who settled, either voluntarily or by force, in the newly conquered lands of Transcaucasia in the nineteenth century. By ordering this migration in 1830, Nicholas I attempted at once to cleanse Russian Orthodoxy of heresies and to populate the newly annexed lands with ethnic Slavs who would shoulder the burden of imperial construction. Breyfogle focuses throughout on the lives of the peasant settlers, their interactions with the peoples and environment of the South Caucasus, and their evolving relations with Russian state power. He draws on a wide variety of archival sources, including a large collection of previously unexamined letters, memoirs, and other documents produced by the sectarians that allow him unprecedented insight into the experiences of colonization and religious life. Although the settlers suffered greatly in their early years in hostile surroundings, they in time proved to be not only model Russian colonists but also among the most prosperous of the Empire's peasants. Banished to the empire's periphery, the sectarians ironically came to play indispensable roles in the tsarist imperial agenda. The book culminates with the dramatic events of the Dukhobor pacifist rebellion, a movement that shocked the tsaris ...

Cornell Univ Pr, Date: 2005. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 372 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. 2005. Cornell Univ Pr ISBN 0801442427 9780801442421 [GB]

ISBN10: 0801442427, ISBN13: 9780801442421, [publisher: Cornell Univ Pr] Hardcover 1st edition. 372 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

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