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1. Setting The Stage -- 2. Orientalism Russian Style -- The Concept Of Orientalism: Western European Version -- Russian National Identity And Russian Orientalism -- 3. Overview Of The Russian Travelogues And Their Authors -- Pre-nineteenth Century Russian Travelogues About Iran -- The Main Features Of The Russian Travelogues About Iran In The Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries -- The Authors Of The Travelogues -- 4. The Travelers' Missions In Iran -- Russian Military Aims And Activities In Iran -- Russian Diplomacy In Iran -- Russian Emigrants In Iran -- Russian Trade In Iran -- 5. The Travelers' Self-representation Vis-à-vis The Oriental Other And The British Self -- 6. The Travelees: Representation Of Iran And Her People By The Russian Travelers -- Power Of The Gaze -- The Travelees: Manners And Morals -- 7. The Travelees: Education, Culture And Society -- The Iranian Army -- Lack Of Education -- Iranian Medicine -- Iranian Arts And Architecture -- Iran As A Country Of Ruins -- 8. Islam As Perceived By The Russian Travelers -- Mullahs, Dervishes And Sayyeds -- Shiʼi And Sunni Muslims -- Iranians And Infidels -- Muslim Customs And Rituals -- 9. Gender And Ethnicity -- Iranian Women And Prosaic Harems -- The Travelers' Religious And Ethnic Preferences -- 10. Travelers And Travelees: Russians Through Iranian Eyes As Imagined By The Travelers (discourse With Themselves) -- 'anti-romanticism' -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Iran Before World War I -- Appendix: Travelogues. Elena Andreeva. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [209]-268) And Index.