THE PROJECTIONS OF THE ENGLISH POLITICS IN THE CAUCASIA/CENTRAL ASIA AND THE BLACK SEA AGAINST THE RUSSIAN EXPANSIONISM IN THE 19TH CENTURY IN THE WORKS OF EDMUND SPENCER
Journal: Karadeniz İncelemeleri Dergisi
Year: 2019

Russia was born from a little Moscow principality whose name was only known as the town border in the 12th century completed her formation in 14th and 16th centuries. In the mid of the 16th century during the reign of IV. Ivan (Terrible Ivan) the Muslim khanet called Kazan in the region of Volga was taken by Russia in 1552. Then Russia invaded Astrahan in 1556 and made a great achievement in order to realize her objectives in the region. Since that date, she had continued to follow an expansioni