Description
Book SynopsisAn English language work to analyze the Christian renewal in Crimea. Drawing on archives in Odessa, Simferopol, and St Petersburg, it provides both a case study of past and present religious nationalism in Eastern Europe and an examination of the political conflicts and compromises endemic to holy places.
Trade ReviewA significant study that enhances scholarly understanding of Russian Orthodox nationalism in the nineteenth century... based on an ambitious set of sources, involving a large published record of primary documents, as well as local and central archives.
-- Christine D. Worobec, author of
PossessedThis book will be of great interest to scholars interested in Russia as empire, in the development and dissemination of Russian Orthodox nationalism in the nineteenth century, and in the relationship between religion and empire in imperial Russia.... Since it deals to such an extent with the building of many of the sightseeing destinations of present-day Crimea, I would also recommend it to visitors to Crimea who seek a deeper understanding of the peninsula and its history more generally.
-- Heather J. Coleman * Journal of Ukrainian Studies *
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
List of Tablee
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration, Names, and Toponyms
Introduction
1. The Limits of Toleration and the Challenges of Conversion
2. From the Temple of Diana to the Cradle of Christianity: Graecophilia and Christian Archaeology
3. Athos in Crimea: A Local Response to the Eastern Question
4. Monasticism Takes Root
5. War: The Crucible of a Holy Place
6. The Legacy of War for Crimean Christianity
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
