Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. EDITORIAL NOTE xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS xiii
6. A NOTE ON PLACE NAMES xiv
7. TIMELINE xviii
8. INTRODUCTION 1
9. PART 1: EARLY HISTORY OF THE VOLGA
10. 1 THE FIRST STATES ON THE VOLGA 13
11. 2 THE VOLGA AND CONQUEST 31
12. PART 2: THE VOLGA IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE: VIOLENCE AND CONTROL ON THE RIVER
13. 3 NON-RUSSIANS AND RUSSIANS ON THE NEW VOLGA FRONTIER 51
14. 4 VIOLENCE ON THE VOLGA 67
15. 5 TAMING THE VOLGA 86
16. 6 ORTHODOXY AND ISLAM ON THE VOLGA 106
17. 7 THE VOLGA 122
18. PART 3: THE VOLGA IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE: LIFE AND IDENTITY ON THE RIVER
19. 8 THE VOLGA VILLAGE 137
20. 9 THE VOLGA TOWN 156
21. 10 LIFE AND TRADE ON THE RIVER 174
22. 11 THE VOLGA AND RUSSIAN CONSCIOUSNESS 192
23. 12 REFORMS, REVOLT AND RUSSIFICATION ON THE VOLGA 209
24. PART 4: SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET VOLGA: CONFLICT, IDENTITY AND MANAGING THE RIVER
25. 13 THE VOLGA IN WAR, REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR 229
26. 14 COLLECTIVIZATION AND REPRESSION ON THE VOLGA 249
27. 15 THE VOLGA IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 266
28. 16 NON-RUSSIANS ON THE VOLGA 286
29. 17 CONTROLLING AND PROTECTING THE RIVER VOLGA 306
30. NOTES 317
31. BIBLIOGRAPHY 345
32. INDEX 364