The Qїrghїz Baatïr and the Russian Empire: A Portrait of a Local Intermediary in Russian Central Asia

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The Qrghz Baatïr and the Russian Empire offers a vivid description of the dynamism and dilemmas of empire\-building in nomadic Central Asia from the mid\-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, through reconstructing the biography of a Qrghz chieftain, Shabdan Jantay uulu (ca. 18391912).
About the Author
Tetsu Akiyama, Ph.D. (2010), Hokkaido University, is Associate Professor at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS). His publications include
Why Was Russian Direct Rule over Kyrgyz Nomads Dependent on Tribal Chieftains ‘Manaps’? (Cahiers du Monde russe, vol. 56/4, 2015).