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21: Comparative Russian Imperialism

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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The Drivers of Russian Imperialism at the Higher Level

Not all Empire settled. There are some, Russia is among them, where settlement,. whatever you want to call it, is an important part of the drivers. And there are others that are too much less of it. The British Empire would settle in some areas and carry out at least episodic acts of genocide as they did so. But then, in other parts of the British Empire, settlement was not on the agenda. It was very little very settlement in India, for instance. So these are the drivers of Russian imperialism at the higher level, the way I see them. Let's then turn to the issue of competition that I mentioned originally.

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