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Note publique d'information : La 4eme de couverture indique : "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 this 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"."
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