Central Asian, Russian & Eastern European Studies

This book covers the history of Armenia from the most ancient literate peoples of Mesopotamia, who had commercial interests in the land of Armenia (c. 2500 BC), to the end of the Middle Ages...

This book provides the first complete translation into English of this Tibetan text, together with the informative commentary by the 8th century master Buddhaguhya...

Lithuania suffered in the course of the twentieth century successive horrific invasions, significant border changes and large scale population displacements. One consequence of these traumatic events is that different protagonists constructed radically different historical narratives, which have in ..

This book compares and contrasts Georgia’s First Republic, which lasted from 1918 until suppressed by Bolshevik Soviet forces in 1921, with the present Georgian Republic, which gained its independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991...

This book explores the making of modern Lithuania, arguing that, contrary to contemporary Lithuanian nationalist rhetoric, Lithuanian nationalism was modern and socially constructed in the period from the emergence of the Lithuanian national movement in the late nineteenth century to the birth of an..

This book explores the making of modern Lithuania, arguing that, contrary to contemporary Lithuanian nationalist rhetoric, Lithuanian nationalism was modern and socially constructed in the period from the emergence of the Lithuanian national movement in the late nineteenth century to the birth of an..

Following the end of the Soviet Union the Russian Orthodox Church greatly increased the number of saints, taking the total from the approximately 300 canonised in the previous one thousand years to over 2,000 by 2006. This book explores this interesting phenomenon, and includes in-depth case studies..

How did Nicholas II, Russia’s last Tsar, meet his death? This book recounts the horrific details of his death and the thrilling discovery of the bones, and also investigates the alternative narratives that have grown up around these events...

This unique work explores the administration of Iran under Mongol rule through taxation and monetary policy. It looks at history from a different angle and shows how monetary policy brought about changes to the state...

This book examines the place of multilateralism in Russia’s foreign policy. It examines Russia’s role and relationship with the G8, NATO, EU, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Collective Security Treaty Organization and Shanghai Cooperation Organization, covering a wide ran..

This book examines the place of multilateralism in Russia’s foreign policy. It examines Russia’s role and relationship with the G8, NATO, EU, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Collective Security Treaty Organization and Shanghai Cooperation Organization, covering a wide ran..

This book examines the phenomenon of the Russian intelligentsia as a cultural story or myth; it focuses on one of the most important and influential groups of Russian intellectuals – the 1960s generation or ‘Sixtiers’ – who devoted their lives to defending ‘socialism with a human face’, authored Per..