Iranian Relations With Russia and the Soviet Union, to 1921

Bibliographic Data

ID23212428
AuthorsFiruz Kazemzadeh (Yale University, corresponding author)
Year1991
Pages314-349
Publication date1991-10-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueThe Cambridge history of Iran. (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/chol9780521200950.010
OpenAlexW2495731601
ISBN9780521200950
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited336

Before the 18th century relations between Iran and Russia were sporadic. Though some Persian goods found their way to Muscovy while the duchy was still under the Tatar yoke, travel and commerce remained insignificant until the mid 16th century, when the Russian conquest of the khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan opened the Volga route to the Caspian Sea. Soon Moscow became a minor entrepôt for Europe's Persian trade. From the north and the west there flowed into Iran a small stream of furs, cloth, metals, leather, amber, crystal. From Iran came silk, pearls, rugs, embroidered cloth, velvet, rice, fruit, and spices.

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