Russian orientalism : Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration /
Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David.
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: What is Russian orientalism? -- The forest and the steppe -- The Petrine dawn -- Catherinian chinoiserie -- The oriental muse -- The Kazan school -- Missionary orientology -- The rise of the St. Petersburg school -- The oriental faculty -- The exotic self -- Conclusion: Asia in the Russian mind.
Orientalism
Public opinion