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The Role of Internal Colonization in the Bureaucratic System of the Russian Empire

Summary/Abstract: The analyzes the development of the Russian Empire’s financial policies in the imperial borderlands. It examines Russian economic development from the “imperial perspective”, focusing on changing patterns of relationships between the Empire’s centre and its peripheries. The first part traces the evolution of an imperial budgetary system from the beginning of the 19th century, when the acquisition of Poland, Finland and Transcaucasia created a new phenomenon in the financial system - the budgets of borderlands. The second part deals with the persistent problem of the “costs of empire”. It analyzes the discourse of specifically “imperial” financial burdens in the Russian Empire and scrutinizes different models of how the various regions were supposed to participate in covering Russia’s military expenses. Special attention is given as to the evolution of taxation structures in the borderlands. In the conclusion, the author develops her vision of a well-run “imperial financial management” and analyzes successes and failures of Russia’s economic policies in the borderland.

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