Boukhara, Khiva, Kokand et la Russie de 1700 à 1840 : aspects d'un contact pré-colonial à travers l'expérience russe du voyage
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Abstract EN:
Ce travail se propose d'examiner les modalites du contact pre-colonial entre boukhara, khiva, kokand et la russie pendant cette periode. La premiere partie est consacree a la description de la documentation locale et a presenter le corpus russe des voyages et expeditions qui constituera la base de donnees principale pour l'analyse qui suivra. Apres avoir decrit l'ensemble des facteurs qui determinent la nature du contact entre la russie et l'asie centrale, l'attention sera portee sur la genese d'une tradition de double defiance entre les deux parties. Les societes ouzbek ont-elles neglige la menace russe, ou ont-elles clairement choisi de ne pas se donner les moyens de l'apprehender ? Les russes ont eu la chance d'accumuler une experience unique sur les etats d'asie centrale. Les populations indigenes ont-elles appris quelque chose sur les russes a partir du contact pre-colonial ?
Abstract FR:
The purpose of this work is to examine the procedure of contact between the khanates of boukhara, khiva and kokand during the pre-colonial period. The first part is devoted to survey the local documentation and to present the russian corpus of travels and expeditions that will constitute the main basis for further analysis. After having described all the factors that determine the nature of the contact that will occured between russia and central asia, the attention will be focused on the setting of a tradition of a double mistrust between them. Did the ouzbek societies neglect the russian threat or did they clearly choose not to provide themselves the means for understanding it ? The russians had a chance to accumulate a unique experience about the central asian states before submitting them. Did the central asian populations learn something about the russians out of the pre-colonial contact ?