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

"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 R...

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Main Author: Üre, Pınar (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: London New York Oxford New Delhi Sydney I. B. Tauris 2020
In:Year: 2020
Edition:First edition
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Byzantine Empire / Archaeology / Russia / Claim
Further subjects:B Archaeology
B Thesis
B Claim
B Byzantine Empire
B Russia