The Colonial Policy of the Russian Empire Through the Memoirs of K.K. Palen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17605/cajssh.v7i3.1333Keywords:
Colonial Turkestan, Memoirs, Inspection, Administration, Resettlement Policy, Ethnography, Socio-Economic History, Russian EmpireAbstract
This article examines Senator K.K. Palen’s memoirs, Mission to Turkestan (1908–1909), as an important source for the history of colonial Turkestan in the early twentieth century. Drawing on Palen’s personal observations, it analyzes the political, socio-economic, and cultural conditions of the region, and provides a critical assessment of the colonial administration, resettlement policies, attitudes toward the local population, and the professional competence of officials. Palen’s memoirs complement the official 20-volume senatorial inspection reports and offer insight into the character and perspective of an imperial official.
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