Landscape and Settlement in Romanov Russia, 1613-1917

by Pallot, Judith; Shaw, Denis J. B.

• ISBN13: 9780198232469
• ISBN10: 0198232462
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1990-05-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This historical geography of Russia since 1631 includes detailed examinations of some of the most significant facets of social and political change which took place during the period of Romanov rule. The authors study the settlement of the Russian "frontier" of the black-earth region, the colonization by Mennonite German settlers in the Eastern Steppe, the rural communes in the 1870's, and the Stolypin Land Reform. This detailed analysis of how men and women subsisted in different places, how they responded to varied environments, and how they were limited by local circumstances enables the reader to grasp the true nature of Romanov Russia.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Note on Territorial-Administrative Subdivisions

Note on Transliteration and Dates Abbreviations

Introduction

The Frontier Experience in Romanov Russia: The Settlement of the Central Black Earth Region in the Seventeenth Century

The Odnodvortsy

The Province of Voronezh under Catherine the Great

Agricultural 'Culture Islands' in the Eastern Steppe: The Mennonites in Samara Province

Farming Regions of Russia in the Late Nineteenth Century

The Commune in the 1870s

Modernization from Above: The Stolypin Land Reform

Regional Specialization and Trade in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Peasant Manufacturing in Nineteenth-Century Moscow Province

City and Tsar: The State and the Towns in the Romanov Era

Conclusions

Glossary

Index

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