The Dnieper-Don Forest-steppe as an Ethno-contact Zone: Russia, the Crimean Khanate and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

This article deals with the process of Russian territorial expansion to the south in the sixteenth century. It analyzes the conflict between Russia, the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Crimean Khanate in the struggle for domination of the Dnieper-Don forest steppe. The author concludes that...

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Main Author: A. I. Papkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publishing House “Belgorod” 2014-11-01
Series:Tractus Aevorum
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Online Access:http://ta.bsu.edu.ru/images/stories/2/07.pdf