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 /

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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Main Author: Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Orientalism > Russia > History.
Public opinion > Russia > History.
Asia > Study and teaching > Russia.
Russia > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Russia > Intellectual life > 1801-1917.
Asia > Foreign public opinion, Russian.
Russia > Relations > Asia.
Asia > Relations > Russia.
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