Russian Orientalism: Asia in the Russian Mind from Peter the Great to the Emigration

Russian Orientalism: Asia in the Russian Mind from Peter the Great to the Emigration
ISBN-10
0300162898
ISBN-13
9780300162899
Category
History
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2010-04-20
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye

Description

Here, the author examines Russian thinking about the Orient before the Revolution of 1917. He argues that the Russian Empire's bi-continental geography and the complicated nature of its encounter with Asia have all resulted in a variegated understanding of the East among its people.

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