The bulk of my research is directed to examining the culture, commerce, politics, and colonial practices of nineteenth-century Russian Empire. I wrote a book that explores the paradox of Russian America (aka Alaska, 1741-1867) as a sole overseas colony of an empire that otherwise conformed to a continental, as opposed to maritime, modus operandi. I am also keenly interested in how Russian imperial officials responded to, learned from, and incorporated the colonial practices of their neighbours and competitors, particularly the British in North America and the Ottomans in the Balkans.
