Fonder et acheter, étudier et s’approprier, construire et reconfigurer

The article offers an overview of Russia’s activities in Jerusalem in the wake of the Crimean War. Specifically, it examines the case of the so-called “domaine copte” in the heart of Jerusalem near the Holy Sepulchre, which became an object of transformation by Russians. There were three distinct st...

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Main Author: Elena Astafieva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient 2016-08-01
Series:European Journal of Turkish Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/5353
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description The article offers an overview of Russia’s activities in Jerusalem in the wake of the Crimean War. Specifically, it examines the case of the so-called “domaine copte” in the heart of Jerusalem near the Holy Sepulchre, which became an object of transformation by Russians. There were three distinct stages of transformation of this symbolically and politically important space, and in the article they are considered from within three distinct contexts: the establishment of Russian institutions "in the East" and the process of land acquisition in Jerusalem (1857-1864); archaeological excavations in the Holy City and the appropriation by the Russian Empire of the main archeological symbols of Christianity (1882-1884); and finally, the construction of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky next to the Holy Sepulchre and the reconfiguration of the Middle Eastern Orthodoxy (1885-1896).
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spelling doaj-art-30c761b3140e40c8be9feca75eabfde72025-08-20T01:55:08ZengAssociation pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-OrientEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies1773-05462016-08-012210.4000/ejts.5353Fonder et acheter, étudier et s’approprier, construire et reconfigurerElena AstafievaThe article offers an overview of Russia’s activities in Jerusalem in the wake of the Crimean War. Specifically, it examines the case of the so-called “domaine copte” in the heart of Jerusalem near the Holy Sepulchre, which became an object of transformation by Russians. There were three distinct stages of transformation of this symbolically and politically important space, and in the article they are considered from within three distinct contexts: the establishment of Russian institutions "in the East" and the process of land acquisition in Jerusalem (1857-1864); archaeological excavations in the Holy City and the appropriation by the Russian Empire of the main archeological symbols of Christianity (1882-1884); and finally, the construction of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky next to the Holy Sepulchre and the reconfiguration of the Middle Eastern Orthodoxy (1885-1896).https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/5353Ottoman EmpireRussian EmpireJerusalemHoly-Sepulchre“Domaine copte”St. Alexander Nevsky church
spellingShingle Elena Astafieva
Fonder et acheter, étudier et s’approprier, construire et reconfigurer
European Journal of Turkish Studies
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Jerusalem
Holy-Sepulchre
“Domaine copte”
St. Alexander Nevsky church
title Fonder et acheter, étudier et s’approprier, construire et reconfigurer
title_full Fonder et acheter, étudier et s’approprier, construire et reconfigurer
title_fullStr Fonder et acheter, étudier et s’approprier, construire et reconfigurer
title_full_unstemmed Fonder et acheter, étudier et s’approprier, construire et reconfigurer
title_short Fonder et acheter, étudier et s’approprier, construire et reconfigurer
title_sort fonder et acheter etudier et s approprier construire et reconfigurer
topic Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Jerusalem
Holy-Sepulchre
“Domaine copte”
St. Alexander Nevsky church
url https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/5353
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