2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development Projects of the Russian Empire and Social Changes in the Sedentary Regions of Central Asia: An Analysis of Irrigation History
Project/Area Number |
26870083
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
History of Europe and America
History of Asia and Africa
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Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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Keywords | ヒヴァ・ハン国 / ロシア帝国 / グレートゲーム / アムダリヤの転流計画 / トルクメン / 灌漑史 / 中央アジア近現代史 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research aimed at analyzing the inconsistency existed between the development projects initiated by various entities such as ministries, entrepreneurs and colonial authorities of the Russian Empire, and the local practices of land use and water management in the southern Central Asian oases under the Imperial Russian rule (1867-1917). This study argued that the large-scale irrigation projects represented by the diversion of the Amu River to the Caspian Sea were given precedence over the land improvement project fitted with the environment of each oases area, decision making process of which was heavily effected by the external factor of Imperial colonial rule in Central Asia - "Great Game", that is a rally with Britain over Central Asia and its neighboring regions.
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Free Research Field |
中央ユーラシア史
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