At the edge of empire
Subtitle: the Terek Cossacks and the North Caucasus frontier, 1700-1860
By: Thomas M. Barrett.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1999-06-03
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Cossacks -- Terek River Valley (Georgia and Russia) -- History -- 18th century; Cossacks -- Terek River Valley (Georgia and Russia) -- History -- 19th century; Terek River Valley (Georgia and Russia) -- History -- 18th century; Terek River Valley (Georgia and Russia) -- History -- 19th century
Description: At the Edge of Empire examines the history of the Cossack frontier settlements in the North Caucasus during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The specific focus is the Terek Cossacks, frontier settlers along the Terek river who became servants of the Russian state, warriors, and occasionally soldiers for (and deserters from) the Russian imperial armies. Barrett reconsiders Cossack history with an eye for its relation to the policies and reality of pre-Soviet Russian imperialism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-234) and index.

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