Русское присутствие в Палестине начала ХХ века./ Russian presence in Palestine - early 20th century
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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2018 · Travel & Events
Дореволюционная Россия в фотографиях Русское присутствие в Палестине начала ХХ века Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs Russian presence in Palestine at the beginning of the twentieth century Музыка: В далекой стране Палестине Music: In a distant country of Palestine Russia’s official presence in Palestine can be traced back to 1847 with the creation of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. After the Crimean War in 1856, in order to reinforce the Russian position in the Levant and Europe after its military defeat, the Russian Empire decided to open, in 1858, the Russian consulate in Jerusalem.. In the second half of the 19th century, the idea of a "Holy Russia" came to prominence conceptualised in medieval texts, presenting Russia as the "Second Jerusalem or the "Third Rome". The Orthodox religion was seen as the guardian of the ancient traditions concerning the Holy Land... Russian pilgrims were encouraged to visit the Holy places of the Holy Land. “The simple people” - peasants and the poorest town dwellers) made up 90 percent of the pilgrims, with the clergy making up 3.5 percent, and members of the nobility 3 percent. Most of the pilgrims were women..... (66 percent).
