title: Forging a Unitary State: Russia's Management of the Eurasian Space, 1650–1850 by John LeDonne
abstract: Reviewed by: Forging a Unitary State: Russia's Management of the Eurasian Space, 1650–1850 by John LeDonne Colum Leckey (bio) John LeDonne, Forging a Unitary State: Russia's Management of the Eurasian Space, 1650–1850. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020. ISBN 9781487506117 (hardcover) / 9781487542115 (paperback). For 40 years, John LeDonne has generated a massive body of work on the politics, administration, and foreign policy of the Russian Empire. In Ruling Russia: Politics and Adminis
journal: Region Regional Studies of Russia Eastern Europe and Central Asia