" . . . the first study of the Russian Empire in English which attempts in a sophisticated way, using the latest developments in colonial studies, to deal not only with imperial rule but with the mutual encounter with the non-Russian peoples. . . . a new paradigm for looking at the imperial history of tsarist Russia." --Ronald Grigor Suny
" . . . ambitious, wide-ranging, and ultimately provocative . . . " --Slavic Review
"This excellent...