Pinar Üre

Reclaiming Byzantium

Russia, Turkey and the Archaeological Claim to the Middle East in the 19th Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 this 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".

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781788310123
• ISBN-10: 1788310128
• Artikelnr.: 57833491

Autorenporträt

Pinar Ure

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Regenerating Distant Past: Nationalist and Imperialist Uses
of Ancient History in the 19th Century Chapter 1: Double-Headed Eagle Over
Russia: Russian Appreciation of the Byzantine Heritage 1.1. Fyodor
Ivanovich Uspenskii: The Making of a Russian Byzantinist 1.2. The
Development of Archaeology and Byzantine Studies in the Russian Empire
1.3. From Russian to Ottoman Shores: The Attraction of the Black Sea as a
Repository of Byzantine Monuments 1.4. The Image of Byzantium in Russian
Thought in the Late 19th Century Chapter 2: Archaeology in the Ottoman
Empire: Cultural Property as a Symbol of Sovereignty 2.1. Byzantine Studies
in the Ottoman Empire Chapter 3: At the Intersection of Science and
Politics: Russian Archaeological Institute in the Ottoman Empire 3.1.
Russians in the Holy Land: Imperial Palestinian Orthodox Society (IPPO)
3.2. The Establishment of the Russian Archaeological Institute in
Constantinople (RAIK) Chapter 4: Expeditions of the Russian Archaeological
Institute and Contacts with Ottoman Authorities 4.1. Studies in Istanbul
Chapter 5: On the Eve of the Balkan Wars: Archaeology in the Midst of
Political Unrest 5.1. The Establishment of the Slavic Department within
RAIK Chapter 6: The Doom of Empires: The Fate of the Russian Archaeological
Institute After 1914 Conclusion Suggestions for Further Reading
Bibliography Index