Heretics and colonizers : forging Russia's empire in the south Caucasus /
Breyfogle, Nicholas B.,1968-
Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-338) and index.
Toleration through isolation : the edict of 1830 and the origins of Russian colonization in Transcaucasia -- To a land of promise : sectarians and the resettlement experience -- "In the bosom of an alien climate" : ecology, economy and colonization -- Heretics into colonizers : changing roles and transforming identities on the imperial periphery -- Frontier encounters : conflict and coexistence between colonists and south Caucasians -- From colonial settlers to pacifist insurgents : the origins of the Dukhobor movement, 1887-1895 -- Peasant pacifism and imperial insecurities : the burning of weapons, 1895-1899 -- The end of an era and its meanings.
Land settlement
Dissenters, Religious