Ulrich Hofmeister
Biographic Data
| ID | 5937170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ulrich Hofmeister |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ulrich |
| FAMILY NAME | Hofmeister |
| SIGNATURE | HOFMEISTER U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9916-3090 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Orenburg’s toponymy
Orenburg, a Russian border fortress on the Kazakh steppe founded in 1743, was the first city of the Tsarist Empire that was provided with a full set of official street names. While toponymic designations in empires have often been investigated in the context of the struggle of competing national groups for visibility, the case of Orenburg provides an example of how toponymic designations served to claim a newly conquered region as an integral par…
Colonialism or kolonizatsiia ? Why the Difference between Ukraine and Central Asia Matters
Since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in 2014, a view that interprets Russian-Ukrainian relations as colonialism has gained ground in historical scholarship. However, based on an analysis of the terms “colonization” and “colonialism” and a comparison between Ukrainian territories and the Governorate-General of Turkestan in late imperial Russia, this article argues for a more cautious use of the term “colonialism” in re…
Der Halbzar von Turkestan
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Der Halbzar von Turkestan
Orenburg’s toponymy
Orenburg, a Russian border fortress on the Kazakh steppe founded in 1743, was the first city of the Tsarist Empire that was provided with a full set of official street names. While toponymic designations in empires have often been investigated in the context of the struggle of competing national groups for visibility, the case of Orenburg provides an example of how toponymic designations served to claim a newly conquered region as an integral par…
Colonialism or kolonizatsiia ? Why the Difference between Ukraine and Central Asia Matters
Since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in 2014, a view that interprets Russian-Ukrainian relations as colonialism has gained ground in historical scholarship. However, based on an analysis of the terms “colonization” and “colonialism” and a comparison between Ukrainian territories and the Governorate-General of Turkestan in late imperial Russia, this article argues for a more cautious use of the term “colonialism” in re…
Soviet and Russian History (3 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Central asia (1 work) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (1 work) · Colonial rule (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Empire (1 work) · Fortress (chess (1 work)