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Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Acknowledgements 10 Introduction: Regenerating distant past Nationalist and Imperialist uses of ancient history in the 19th century 12 1 Double-headed eagle flying over Russia: Russian appreciation of the Byzantine heritage 24 1.1 Fyodor Ivanovich Uspenskii: The making of a Russian Byzantinist 24 1.2 The development of archaeology and Byzantine studies in the Russian Empire 27 1.3 From Russian to Ottoman shores: The attraction of the Black Sea as a repository of Byzantine monuments 31 1.4 The image of Byzantium in Russian thought in the late 19th century 35 Conclusion 37 2 Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire: Cultural property as a symbol of sovereignty 40 2.1 Byzantine studies in the Ottoman Empire 56 Conclusion 60 3 At the intersection of science and politics: Russian Archaeological Institute in the Ottoman Empire 64 3.1 Russians in the Holy Land: Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society 65 3.2 The establishment of the Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople 70 4 Expeditions of the Russian Archaeological Institute and contacts with Ottoman authorities 98 4.1 Studies in Istanbul 119 Conclusion 121 5 On the eve o

Author

Pınar Üre

Published

2019

Language

EN