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The unification of Russia around Moscow was not inevitable-other principalities also claimed this role. This book posits that relations between Moscow and Ulus Jochi (Golden Horde) were complex and interdependent, and the process of the formation of the Moscow state took place under the influence of internal and external factors.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Author¿s Preface to the American Edition
Introduction
1. Historiography of the Formation of Moscow
2. Moscow as a New Geopolitical Player
3. Changing the Balance of Power between Rus and Ulus Jochi
4. Rus between the Horde and Lithuania
5. The Course towards the Creation of a Centralized State
6. The Origin of the Russian Autocracy
7. ¿The Last Gatherer of the Russian Land¿
Conclusion
About the author
Professor Marat Shaikhutdinov has been successfully combining work in the civil service and an active scholarly career for years. His scholarly interests include issues of world history, geopolitics, and international relationships. He is the author of seven monographs on the history of Russia, Germany, the geopolitics of the leading Western and Eastern countries, as well as various historical aspects of Kazakh-Russian relations.
Summary
The unification of Russia around Moscow was not inevitable—other principalities also claimed this role. This book posits that relations between Moscow and Ulus Jochi (Golden Horde) were complex and interdependent, and the process of the formation of the Moscow state took place under the influence of internal and external factors.
