Parthenii’s “Story” and the Image of Turks in Russia of 19th century
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7546/DS.2017.10.42Keywords:
Parthenii, pilgrimage, Athos in 19th century, image, Turks, Islam, Ottoman Empire, RussiaAbstract
The paper is based on the analysis of the original source of the 19th century, “Story about travelling through Russia, Moldova, Turkey and the Holy Land of the Athos monk Parthenii” (1855). Parthenii as a representative of the Orthodoxy, who strongly believed in his religion, and resting upon his travel impressions, described his trip in his book. Thus in the book one could find different cultural image of “Other” – that one of the Turk, his religion and the policy of Ottoman Empire towards ChristiansThe paper is based on the analysis of the original source of the 19th century, “Story about travelling through Russia, Moldova, Turkey and the Holy Land of the Athos monk Parthenii” (1855). Parthenii as a representative of the Orthodoxy, who strongly believed in his religion, and resting upon his travel impressions, described his trip in his book. Thus in the book one could find different cultural image of “Other” – that one of the Turk, his religion and the policy of Ottoman Empire towards Christians