1st Edition
Kalmykia in Russia's Past and Present National Policies and Administrative System
By Konstantin N. Maksimov
Copyright 2008
454 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Kalmykia is a constituent of the Russian Federation that shaped and has been developing within Russia for several centuries. Kalmykia was incorporated into the Russian state in the early second half of the 17 th century, it was officially recognized by the Russian authorities and constituted as an ethno-political entity in the form of feudal khanate with the status of a virtually autonomous unit.... Read more
Introduction, Chapter 1: Russia’s Policy Towards Kalmyks (late 16th–mid-17th centuries), Chapter 2: Kalmyk Khanate as a Part of Russia (mid-17th–second half of 18th centuries), Chapter 3: Kalmykia’s Status in the Russian Empire (late 18th–early 20th centuries), Chapter 4: Kalmyk Soviet Autonomous Oblast in the Years of Socialism Building (1917–1935), Chapter 5: Kalmyk Soviet Autonomous Republic under Totalitarianism and during Stagnation Period, Chapter 6: Kalmykia within the New Russian Federal System, Conclusion, Name Index
Biography
Konstantin N. Maksimov is a research-scholar, university professor, and has been active on the public and political stage as Vice President of Kalmykia (1985–1989), Chairman of Kalmyk Parliament (1993–1999), and long-standing Member of Parliament. He is member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Merited Scholar of the Russian Federation, and winner of the Silver Medal of Peter the Great, awarded for outstanding achievements in promoting scholarly research in Russia.
