Dr. Boris Ganichev

Doctoral Project

Das russländische Zollwesen der post-Reform Periode als imperiales Scharnier zwischen Zentrum, Peripherie und Bevölkerung - abgeschlossen

Imperial Russia’s customs department after the Great Reforms: a pivot between center, periphery and population - completed

By its very nature Imperial Russia’s customs department lends itself to analysis of center-periphery relations. In one or another form institutions of the customs department were present along the entire border and thus allow for a comparative approach. The project explores the inner workings of negotiation processes between the center and its peripheral branches as well as regional hierarchies in state policy and the transfer of administrative mechanisms from one section of the border to another. Further, customs authorities are considered as contact points between the state administration and the population. On the one hand my research focuses on the intrusion into existing ways of living in conjunction with the establishment of a border regime. On the other hand I examine how local stakeholders responded to the presence of customs representatives and oriented themselves within the new imperial framework. Economic, political and religious cross-border links challenging the postulated absoluteness of state borders constitute the transnational dimension of the project. I investigate how the imperial administration evaluated and attempted to regulate such links and whether it was successful at realizing its intended goals.

See his project in the Graduate School's 2017 Annual Report.

Curriculum Vitae

Studium der Geschichte und Amerikanistik an der Universität Regensburg mit Aufenthalten am University College Dublin und der Staatlichen Universität Moskau. 2015 Abschluss im Masterstudiengang Osteuropastudien an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. November 2015 Aufnahme des Promotionsstudiums bei Prof. Dr. Martin Schulze Wessel an der Graduiertenschule für Ost- und Südosteuropastudien.
Positions, Assignments and Memberships

Positions, Assignments and Memberships

• Deputy Doctoral Student Representative in Munich
• Member of the Study Group "Empires"

Publications

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Reflexionen imperialen Wandels in der bürokratischen Autobiographie des Geheimrats Nikolaj A. Kačalov (1818-1891). In: BIOS – Zeitschrift für Biographieforschung, Oral History und Lebensverlaufanalysen 28 (1-2), 2015, pp. 19-40.
Further Publications

With Michael Störk: The Political Cult of the Dead. Traditions and Dimensions from Soviet Times to Today, 09.07.-11.07.2015 Munich. In: H-Soz-Kult, 08.09.2015, <http://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/tagungsberichte-6148