THE BORDERS OF EMPIRE AND THE "ORIENTAL OTHER": THE FAR EAST AND MANCHURIA IN THE EARLY RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26565/2306-6687-2017-57-22Keywords:
early photography, empire, Oriental Other, Chinese-Eastern Rail Road (KVGD)Abstract
The topicality of the paper is stipulated by the fact that it is devoted to the little-studied
subject - semantics of the visual images of the Oriental Other in the Russian public consciousness of
the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. The study was carried out on the material of the early
photographs of the late 19th century in which images of the eastern borders of the Russian Empire -
the Far East and Manchuria, as well as the Chinese-Eastern Rail Road (KVGD) - were reflected. The
author argues that the construction of the KVGR should demonstrate the technological progress and
the spiritual strength of the empire in the Russian mass consciousness. The study is based on the post-
colonial and gender methodologies, and also cultural criticism.
