Preface
Note on Dates and Transliterations
Introduction: What Is Russian Orientalism?
1 The Forest and the Steppe
2 The Petrine Dawn
3 Catherinian Chinoiserie
4 The Oriental Muse
5 The Kazan School
6 Missionary Orientology
7 The Rise of the St. Petersburg School
8 The Oriental Faculty
9 The Exotic Self
Conclusion: Asia in the Russian Mind
Notes
Index