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Accompanying the Smithsonian Institutions major exhibition, this book features more than sixty objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran offered to the Tsars of Russia. It explores the reasons why these extraordinary gifts were presented, their artistic and cultural impact.

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1. Eastern Treasures of the Russian Tsars • 2. Russian-Iranian Relations in the Mid-Seventeenth Century • Exhibition Catalogue • Endmatter

The Tsars and the East

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    A Hardback by Alexey Konstantinovich Levykin

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      Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Publication Date: 05/10/2009
      ISBN13: 9780500514979, 978-0500514979
      ISBN10: 0500514976
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Accompanying the Smithsonian Institutions major exhibition, this book features more than sixty objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran offered to the Tsars of Russia. It explores the reasons why these extraordinary gifts were presented, their artistic and cultural impact.

      Table of Contents
      1. Eastern Treasures of the Russian Tsars • 2. Russian-Iranian Relations in the Mid-Seventeenth Century • Exhibition Catalogue • Endmatter

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