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Spatial Scenarios in the History of the Romanov Empire
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2025
Abstract
The wide-ranging spaces of Russia in its various guises have not always been reflected in historical narratives, which for many years focused on Moscow and St. Petersburg. This viewpoint piece focuses on how the entangled histories approach could be applied to tell the empire’s story without telling an imperial story. It ends with asking which vertical threads from the center are necessary to weave together a coherent narrative.
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- Critical Forum: Entangled Spatial History
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- © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
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