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Title

Reclaiming Byzantium : Russia, Turkey and the archaeological claim to the Middle East in the 19th century / Pınar Üre.

Author

Üre, Pınar

Publication

• London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Description

viii, 212 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"There is a long-held feeling in Russia that Moscow is the true heir to the Christian Byzantine Empire. In 1894, Imperial Russia opened one of the world's leading centres for Byzantine archaeology in Istanbul, the Russian Archaeological Institute - its purpose was to stake the claim that Russia was the correct heir to 'Tsargrad' (as Istanbul was referred to in Russian circles). This then is the history of that institute, and the history of Russia's efforts to reclaim its Middle East - events since in the Crimea, Syria and Georgia are all to some extent wrapped up in that historical framework. Ure looks at the founding of the Russian Archaeological Institute, its aims and its place in the 'digging-race' which characterised the late Imperial phase of modern history. Above all she shows how the practise of history has been used as a political tool, a form of "soft power". This book will appeal to Byzantine scholars and archaeologists as well as historians of Russia in the late 19th century."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Subjects

• Research institutes
• Byzantine Empire
• Archaeology
• Russia
• Byzantine Empire > Research > Russia
• Research institutes > Turkey > Istanbul > History
• Turkey > Relations > Russia
• Archaeology > Russia > History
• Research
• Russkīĭ arkheologicheskīĭ institut v Konstantinopoli͡e
• Byzantine Empire > Research > Turkey > Istanbul
• Russia > Relations > Turkey
• Archaeology > Turkey > History
• Russkīĭ arkheologicheskīĭ institut v Konstantinopoli︠e︡ History
• International relations
• Turkey > Istanbul
• History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index.

Call Number

JFD 21-419

ISBN

• 1788310128
• 9781788310123
• 9781788317450 (ePub ebook) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781788317467 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1119996648

Author

Üre, Pınar, author.

Title

Reclaiming Byzantium : Russia, Turkey and the archaeological claim to the Middle East in the 19th century / Pınar Üre.

Publisher

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Women

Turks

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781788317450

Research Call Number

JFD 21-419