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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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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I. B. Tauris
2020
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In: | Year: 2020 |
Edition: | First edition |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Byzantine Empire
/ Archaeology
/ Russia
/ Claim
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Further subjects: | B
Archaeology
B Thesis B Claim B Byzantine Empire B Russia |