The Russian Annexation of the Crimea 1772–1783 (Volume 0) - Softcover

Fisher, Alan W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521077605 ISBN 13: 9780521077606

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Black Sea and the coastal areas have played an important role in the history of eastern Europe and western Asia. Byzantium, Kiev Rus, the Golden Horde, Lithuania, Poland, the Ottoman Empire and Muscovy all tried to control parts of its area at various periods in history. From 1475 for three hundred years the Ottoman Turks controlled the Black Sea and the lands surrounding it. In 1783 Catherine annexed the Crimean peninsula, with its Muslim Tatar population, to the Russian Empire after a major Russian military victory over the Ottomans. The effect on the Ottoman Empire was significant. It lost its Tatar military forces when traditional means of securing recruits for the army had broken down; lost its secure northern frontier - the route to Istanbul itself was now open; it lost, for the first time, a Muslim province. This book provides a scholarly and balanced account of an important part of the transformation of the Muscovite state into a multinational empire. It also contributes to our understanding of the decline of the Ottoman Empire.

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Book Description

The Black Sea and the coastal areas have played an important role in the history of eastern Europe and western Asia. Byzantium, Kiev Rus, the Golden Horde, Lithuania, Poland, the Ottoman Empire and Muscovy all tried to control parts of its area at various periods in history.

About the Author

Fisher grew up in London, England during the second World War.

SEYMOUR FISHER, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York. Dr. Fisher received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Chicago. His other books include Development and Structure of the Body Image, Sexual Images of the Self, and The Psychology of Adaptation to Absurdity.

ROGER P. GREENBERG, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Division of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the State University of New York. He also has an active private practice. Dr. Greenberg received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Syracuse University. His other books include The Scientific Credibility of Freud's Theories and Therapy (with Seymour Fisher) and The Limits of Biological Treatments for Psychological Distress: Comparisons with Psychotherapy and Placebo.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521077605
• ISBN 13: 9780521077606
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200