The Volga : a history of Russia's greatest river /
The longest river in Europe, the Volga stretches over three and a half thousand km from the heart of Russia to the Caspian Sea, separating west from east. The river has played a crucial role in the history of the peoples who are now a part of the Russian Federation-and has united and divided the lan...
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Early history of the Volga. The first states on the Volga: Khazaria, Bolgar and Rus principalities ; The Volga and conquest: hordes, khanates and Moscow
- Part 2: The Volga in the Russian Empire: violence and control on the river. Non-Russians and Russians on the new Volga frontier ; Violence on the Volga: pirates, raiders and Cossacks ; Taming the Volga: The Russian Empire on the borderland ; Orthodoxy and Islam on the Volga ; The Volga: disease and silence
- Part 3: The Volga in the Russian Empire: life and identity on the river. The Volga village ; The Volga town ; Life and trade on the river ; The Volga and Russian consciousness: literature, art, tourism ; Reforms, revolt and Russification on the Volga
- Part 4: Soviet and post-Soviet Volga: conflict, identity and managing the river. The Volga in war, revolution and civil war ; Collectivization and repression on the Volga ; The Volga in the Second World War: conflict, reconstruction and identity ; Non-Russians on the Volga; autonomy and identity ; Controlling and protecting the river Volga.