Oleksandr Polianichev

PhD Researcher, History, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden

Oleksandr Polianichev is a project researcher at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden. His research focuses on colonialism and environment in the Russian Empire.

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Written by Oleksandr Polianichev

A man in a uniform stands in a garden filled with tall green plants and yellow flowers, smoking a cigarette.

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Nations and empires

Dream of the Russian tropics

Imperial Russia had little access to the bountiful tropics that other empires enjoyed. So it created its own in the Caucasus

Oleksandr Polianichev