1. By Way of Introduction: British Perception, Reception and Recognition of Russian Culture*
Over 450 years have elapsed since the English navigator Richard Chancellor arrived by chance in the White Sea and made his way to the Moscow of Ivan the Terrible. It was a ‘discovery’ that eventually would lead to the establishment of commercial, political and cultural relations between Great Britai...
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Format: | Book Part |
Language: | English |
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Open Book Publishers
2015
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Online Access: | http://books.openedition.org/obp/1561 |
Summary: | Over 450 years have elapsed since the English navigator Richard Chancellor arrived by chance in the White Sea and made his way to the Moscow of Ivan the Terrible. It was a ‘discovery’ that eventually would lead to the establishment of commercial, political and cultural relations between Great Britain and Russia that provide a fascinating history of political estrangement and reconciliation and cultural rejection and acceptance. Much has been written both about English influences on Russian li. |
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