Narody Srednego Povolzh'ya

Monografiya posvyashchena issledovaniyu zapadnoevropeyskoy istoriografii XVI - XVIII vv. o finno-ugorskikh i tyurkskikh narodakh Srednego Povolzh'ya. V ney analiziruyutsya teoretiko-metodologicheskie osnovy formirovaniya mekhanizma predstavleniy i stereotipov mezhkul'turnogo vospriyatiya korennykh narodov Sredne - volzhskogo regiona v trudakh uchenykh i memuaristov Zapadnoe Evropy XVI - XVIII vv. Avtorom rassmatrivayutsya voprosy politiki Rossiyskogo gosudarstva v oblasti khristianizatsii, akkul'turatsii i assimilyatsii narodov Srednego Povolzh'ya, nashedshie osveshchenie v zapadnoevropeyskikh istoricheskikh istochnikakh togo perioda. V issledovanie voshli fragmenty diplomaticheskoy perepiski, memuarov i nauchnykh issledovaniy togo vremeni, soderzhashchie unikal'nye istoricheskie, etnograficheskie, antropologicheskie, religiovedcheskie i dr. materialy. Eta rabota predstavlyaet interes v ravnoy stepeni, kak dlya istorikov, etnografov, kraevedov, tak i dlya lyudey, interesuyushchikhsya istoriey Srednego Povolzh'ya.