Abstract
This response to Gibson C, Kotenko A. Horizontal Threads: Towards an Entangled Spatial History of the Romanov Empire. Slavic Review. 2025;84(2):247-265. doi:10.1017/slr.2025.10204, reflects on shifting approaches to the structure of empires and the power of entanglement as an analytical tool for making sense of the incorporationist work of empire.