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SUMMARY:The Steppe and its empires: the Russian Empire and its Eurasian co
 unterparts
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (SAL.LG.04\, S
 ir Arthur Lewis Building)
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 28 May 2026 6pm - 7.30pmSpeakerMichael KhodarkovskyCh
 airProfessor Marc David BaerJoin us as we welcome Michael Khodarkovsky to 
 speak about his recent book The Steppe and its Empires: The Russian Empire
  and its Eurasian Counterparts.Throughout its existence\, Russia has been 
 a hybrid empire shaped by both Europe and Asia. Focusing on the formation 
 of the Russian state between the sixteenth and the mid-nineteenth centurie
 s\, Michael Khodarkovsky examines Russia’s structural similarities with 
 its neighbours in Asia―the Ottoman\, Persian\, Mughal\, and Chinese empi
 res. While most historians have noted the transformations that brought Rus
 sia closer to modern European societies\, the Russian empire’s shared ch
 aracteristics with its non-European counterparts remain poorly understood.
 Khodarkovsky reveals the critical role of the Eurasian steppe in the forma
 tion of the empires\, whose military-social institutions and political cul
 ture were distinctly different from those of the West. Ultimately\, he arg
 ues that Russia is best understood as a hybrid Eurasian empire whose stepp
 e origins and fluid frontiers propelled its relentless expansion\, produci
 ng a vastly diverse society with a blurred sense of national identity.Meet
  our speakerMichael Khodarkovsky is a professor of Russian history at Loyo
 la University Chicago. He grew up in Kyiv\, in Soviet Ukraine\, received h
 is BA from Kalmyk State University in Soviet Russia\, and his PhD from the
  University of Chicago. He is the author of five books and numerous other 
 publications in both academic and public media. His primary expertise is R
 ussian imperial history\, its colonial dimensions\, and the histories of t
 he non-Christian peoples of the Russian empire.Meet our chairMarc David Ba
 er is the Head of Department of International History at the LSE. He is a
 n expert in Middle Eastern and European History\, the Ottoman Empire\, and
  Muslim-Jewish Relations. His most recent book is The Ottomans: Khans\, Ca
 esars\, and Caliphs\, an international bestseller shortlisted for the Wolf
 son History Prize in 2022.From time to time there are changes to event det
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