Kashgar. Photo chronicle of the Great Game
69.99 €
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Kashgar. Photo chronicle of the Great Game
69.99 €
The book is organized according to the bilingual principle: Russian and English texts are presented in parallel.
The book is dedicated to the study and introduction into international scientific circulation of a unique photo collection from the MAE RAS collection, compiled by famous Russian diplomats and orientalists, the Russian Consul General in Kashgar N. F. Petrovsky (1837–1908) and the secretary of the consulate Ya. Ya. Lutsch (1854–after 1924).
The collection is important primarily because it captured Kashgar at the height of the Great Game, during the period when active penetration of foreigners into the region was just beginning. Very few photographs are known from this period (1880–1890s). There are significantly more outside this time frame (Sven Hedin, Aurel Stein, Gustav Mannerheim and other researchers).
In this respect, the MAE RAS collection lies at the crossroads of chronologies, civilizational transitions, and many episodes of the Great Game and the “archaeological race” that accompanied it. The Russian-English bilingual publication presents an impressive visual image of a region that is once again becoming a scene of active international politics and is of great importance for studying the history and culture of civilizations along the ancient Silk Road.
The book is dedicated to the study and introduction into international scientific circulation of a unique photo collection from the MAE RAS collection, compiled by famous Russian diplomats and orientalists, the Russian Consul General in Kashgar N. F. Petrovsky (1837–1908) and the secretary of the consulate Ya. Ya. Lutsch (1854–after 1924).
The collection is important primarily because it captured Kashgar at the height of the Great Game, during the period when active penetration of foreigners into the region was just beginning. Very few photographs are known from this period (1880–1890s). There are significantly more outside this time frame (Sven Hedin, Aurel Stein, Gustav Mannerheim and other researchers).
In this respect, the MAE RAS collection lies at the crossroads of chronologies, civilizational transitions, and many episodes of the Great Game and the “archaeological race” that accompanied it. The Russian-English bilingual publication presents an impressive visual image of a region that is once again becoming a scene of active international politics and is of great importance for studying the history and culture of civilizations along the ancient Silk Road.
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