Rediscovering Russia in Asia

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Rediscovering Russia in Asia is written by Stephen Kotkin and published by M.E. Sharpe. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1563245469 (ISBN 10) and 9781563245466 (ISBN 13).

In 1581 a Cossack raider crossed the Ural Mountains to plunder and claim for Tsar Ivan IV the land called "Sibir" by its Tatar inhabitants. Within half a century, Moscow's reach would extend nearly six thousand miles to the east. Thus Russia has a long history as part of Asia. Does it have a future there as well? Rediscovering Russia in Asia takes the reader on a trans-Siberian expedition to encounter the peoples, cultures, and riches of Russia's eastern expanses. The expert guides are scholars with the language skills and the sense of adventure to explore a "crossroads of civilizations" at long last reopened to the world.