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This article is a short collective biography of six so-called 'Turkestan Generals', all of whom played a prominent role in the Russian conquest and administration of Central Asia. These campaigns are usually seen as marginal to the military history of the Russian empire in the nineteenth century, but they were central to the reputations of three of the most prominent generals of the period, who became important public figures – Cherniaev, Skobelev, and Kuropatkin. The article shows that this was not accidental, but the product of a carefully constructed narrative in Russian military historiography.

Introduction / Julian Jackson -- International relations / David Stevenson -- The European economy / Harold James -- European politics / Kevin Passmore -- European society / Richard Bessel -- Imperialism and the European empires / Rajnarayan Chandavarkar-- European culture / Modris Eksteins -- Conclusion / Julian Jackson

"This study is an exploration of lived religion and gender across the Reformation, from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Combining conceptual development with empirical history, the authors explore these two topics via themes of power, agency, work, family, sainthood, and witchcraft. Lived Religion and Gender covers a wide geographical area in western Europe including Italy, Scandinavia, and Finland, making this study an invaluable resource for scholars and students concerned with the history of religion, the history of gender, the history of the family, as well as medieval and early modern European history"--

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction. In Search of the Lost Generation -- Chapter One. France: The Young Men of Today -- Chapter Two. Germany: The Mission of the Young Generation -- Chapter Three. England: Lost Legions of Youth -- Chapter Four. Spain: The Theme of Our Time -- Chapter Five. Italy: Giovinezza! Giovinezza! -- Chapter Six. Wanderers between Two Worlds -- Notes -- Credits -- Index

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF PLATES -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- Introduction: The Approach -- Prologue: The Strange Events of 1875 -- Part I: The Background -- 1 Russian Opinion and the War with Turkey -- 2 Franco-Russian Relations, 1879-1880 -- 3 New Tsar—New Alliance -- 4 A Bit About Personalities -- Part II: The Bulgarian "Gdchis" -- 5 Complications in Bulgaria -- 6 The Unification of Bulgaria -- 7 The Aftermath of Unification -- 8 The Estrangement of 1886 -- 9 Katkov's Attack -- 10 The End of Battenberg -- 11 The Break Repaired -- Part III: The Reinsurance Treaty: Giers vs. Katkov -- 12 France in the Spectrum of Russian Finance -- 13 Bismarck's Anxieties -- 14 The Tsar's Crisis of Decision -- 15 France and the Russo-German Crisis -- 16 Russian Winter, 1887 -- 17 The Crisis Survived -- Part IV: The Demise of the Bismarckian System -- 18 The Aftermath of the Reinsurance Treaty -- 19 The Ferdinand Documents -- 20 The Deteriorating Three-Emperor Relationship -- 21 Financial and Military Stirrings -- 22 1889. The Russian Break with Germany -- Conclusions -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY -- INDEX