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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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010. |
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