Forging a Unitary State: Russia's Management of the Eurasian Space, 1650–1850 by John P. LeDonne (review)
Journal: The Slavonic and East European Review
Year: 2023

Reviewed by: Forging a Unitary State: Russia's Management of the Eurasian Space, 1650–1850 by John P. LeDonne Alexander Morrison LeDonne, John P. Forging a Unitary State: Russia's Management of the Eurasian Space, 1650–1850. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Buffalo, NY and London, 2020. xvii + 663 pp. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $166.00; $88.00 (paperback & e-book). Few historians have done more to help us understand the administrative structures and elite strategies of th