Warriors and Peasants

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-19

3. The Don Cossacks 1549–1920

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   Pages 20-47

4. The Land and the People of the Great Host of the Don

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   Pages 48-62

5. The Cossack Yurt

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   Pages 63-81

6. The Crisis of the Cossack Yurt 1875–1914

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   Pages 82-101

7. The Local Administration of the Don Cossacks

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   Pages 102-133

8. Family and Community Among the Don Cossacks

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   Pages 134-170

9. Conclusion

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   Pages 171-173

10. Back Matter

    Pages 174-200

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Warriors and Peasants depicts the lives of the Don Cossacks in late Imperial Russia. The dual identity of the Cossacks, that of the steppe and of the settled Slavic areas, is emphasized as the key to their unique culture. The book explores how that identity manifested and preserved itself by focusing on the Cossack tradition, their economy, their families and their communities. Far from being moribund and close to collapse, the book concludes that the Cossack tradition remained among the most vibrant in the Empire.

• empire
• Familie
• Imperial Russia
• Russia

'...an effective presentation of the external factors pressing on the Don Cossack community...' - American Historical Review

• University of York, UK

  Shane O’Rourke

Shane O'Rourke is Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of York.

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