Russia's turn to Persia : orientalism in diplomacy and intelligence /

Iran has remained one of the most effective tools in Russia's foreign policy towards the West for more than two hundred years. Drawing on previously unpublished and recently declassified sources which change the established wisdom on many aspects of the history of Russia and Iran, Denis V. Volk...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Volkov, Denis V. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Russia > Foreign relations > Iran. Iran > Foreign relations > Russia. Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Iran. Iran > Foreign relations > Soviet Union. Middle East > Study and teaching > Russia > History. Middle East > Study and teaching > Soviet Union > History. HISTORY / Middle East / General.

Table of Contents:

A note of transliteration; Alphabetical list of abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1. Foucauldian notions and their applicability to the Russian case; 2. Organisational set-up of oriental studies in late Imperial Russia; 3. Organisational set-up of early Soviet Oriental studies (1917-41); 4. Between cultures and states: Russian orientologists and Russia's Eastern policy; 5. The birth and death of red orientalism (1917-41); General conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; List of archives used for research; Index.