Table of Contents

List of Maps
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text

Introduction

Part I. The Western Theatre: The Struggle for Northwestern Eurasia

1. Laying the Foundations, 1650–1775
The Geopolitical Setting
Hesitant Integration
Trade, Religion, and Law

2. Full Integration, 1775–1815
Territorial and Administrative Integration
Religion and Economy
The Baltic Provinces

3. Unitary State or Empire? 1815–1855
Civil Administration and the Army
Society, Law, and Trade
On the Road to Disintegration

Conclusion to Part I: The Western Theatre

Part II. The Southern Theatre Reaches the Sea

4. Laying the Foundations, 1650–1725
The Geopolitical Setting
The Cossacks
Society, Religion, and Trade

5. Toward Full Integration, 1725–1796
Civil and Military Administration
Ecclesiastical and Legal Integration
The Ethnographic Map

6. Unitary State or Empire? 1796–1855
Regional Integration
Fiscal and Commercial Integration
The First Cracks

Conclusion to Part II: The Southern Theatre

Part III. The Eastern Theatre: The Advance toward the Mountains

Introduction to Part III: The Eastern Theatre

7. Laying the Foundations, 1650–1730
The Geopolitical Setting
The Expanding Russian Core
Agents of Integration

8. The Progress of Integration, 1731–1782
The Military Structure
Land, Peoples, Religions
Fiscal and Commercial Integration

9. Unitary State or Empire? 1782–1830
The Administrative Infrastructure
Judicial Integration
Economic Integration

Conclusion to Part III: The Eastern Theatre

Conclusion

About the Author

John P. LeDonne is a senior research associate at the Davis Center, Harvard University.

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"LeDonne’s method is strictly historical, based on the careful reading of vast literatures, with a good dose of old-fashioned physical and human geography. At times this reads almost like the imagery travels of Jules Verne or the real-life accounts of young Petr Kropotkin." - Georgi Derluguian, NYU Abu Dhabi (Canadian-American Slavic Studies) "A short review cannot do justice to the wealth of detail provided in each section." - Alfred J. Rieber, The Central European University (American Historical Review) "LeDonne is one of the most distinguished historians of eighteenth-century Russia working in English; this culminating magnum opus displays many of the trademark features of his earlier work, including close attention to changing institutional structures, a focus on the interplay between domestic and foreign-policy concerns, and an awareness of the peculiarities of each region." - Gregory Afinogenov, Georgetown University (Journal of Modern History)