TY  - BOOK
AU  - Üre,Pınar
TI  - Reclaiming Byzantium: Russia, Turkey and the archaeological claim to the Middle East in the 19th century 
SN  - 9781788310123
AV  - CC101.T8 U74 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Russkīĭ arkheologicheskīĭ institut v Konstantinopoli͡e
KW  - History
KW  - Research institutes
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Istanbul
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - Russia
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - Research
KW  - Relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "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 that 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". This book will appeal to Byzantine scholars and archaeologists as well as historians of Russia in the late 19th century."--Bloomsbury Publishing
ER  -