Formation of the Image of the Border in the Consciousness of the Border Population after the Stolbovsky Peace Treaty

Student: Krasilschikov Kirill

Faculty: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: History (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2017

In this paper, the author analyzes the Stolbovsky peace treaty as not just a document, but a stage in the relations between Muscovy and Sweden. Considering the situation in the border areas from the perspective of social history, the author examines the process of forming an ambiguous image of the border in people's minds. The author also tries to understand how the process of mutual influence between the authorities and the border population proceeded.

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