University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository History ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2-14-2014 Power and Property Relations in Rus and Latin Europe: A Comparative Analysis Yulia Mikhailova Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds Recommended Citation Mikhailova, Yulia. "Power and Property Relations in Rus and Latin Europe: A Comparative Analysis." (2014). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/55 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in History ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Yulia Mikhailova Candidate History Department This dissertation is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Dissertation Committee: Timothy Graham, Chairperson Melissa Bokovoy Tanya Ivanova-Sullivan Erika Monahan David Prestel Power and Property Relations in Rus and Latin Europe: A Comparative Analysis by Yulia Mikhailova M.A., Russian, Michigan State University, 2002 DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy History The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico December, 2013 ©2013, Yulia Mikhailova iii Dedication To my husband Oleg Makhnin and to my daughters Katya and Tanya Makhnina iv Acknowledgments I would like to thank my advisor, Professor Timothy Graham, for his support, guid- ance, and, above all, for his Latin reading group, without which this dissertation would be impossible. I would also like to thank David Prestel and Tania Ivanova- Sullivan for their detailed feedback on my drafts and for all their comments, sug- gestions, and corrections that helped make this dissertation better, and I thank all my committee members for their help, patience, and support.