TY - BOOK AU - Gerd,Lora TI - Russian Policy in the Orthodox East: The Patriarchate of Constantinople (1878-1914) SN - 9788376560328 AV - BX410 .G497213 2014 PY - 2015///] CY - Warsaw, Berlin : PB - De Gruyter Open Poland, KW - RELIGION / Theology KW - bisacsh KW - Russia, Orthodox Church, Constantinople N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1 Russian Policy in the Balkans, 1878-1914 --; 2 The Byzantine Legacy in Russian Foreign Policy in the Second Part of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century --; 3 Russia and the Patriarchate of Constantinople: Official and Unofficial Relations --; 4 Pan-Slavism or Imperial Nationalism? The Role of Russia in the Greek-Bulgarian Ecclesiastical Question (1878-1914) --; 5 Russia and Mt. Athos (1878-1914) --; 6 Russian Monks in the Dechani Monastery (1902-1914) --; 7 An Unrealized Project: The Myra Lycia Affair --; 8 Conclusion --; Sources and Bibliography --; Index; Open Access N2 - The book is the first attempt to make a systematic analysis of the Russian ecclesiastical policy in the diocese of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the period of 1878-1914. It is based mainly on unedited materials from the archives of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sofia, Athens, Belgrade and Istanbul. Using the existing publications on the political aspects of the Eastern question, the author presents a new understanding of the role of Russia in the East Mediterranean region at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries UR - https://doi.org/10.2478/9788376560328 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9788376560328 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9788376560328.jpg ER -