At the Crossroads: V.F. Minorsky’s Reflections on the Change in Russian Policy in Iran (Letters to Boris Nolde)

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The presented paper contains an overview of the letters from the famous diplomat and orientalist V.F. Minorsky to the renowned lawyer and statesman B.E. Nolde. The letters, mainly related to the revolutionary year of 1917, allow us to get an idea of Minorsky’s views on Russian policy in Iran, to see his assessments and criticism of both the general course of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the «Ancien Régime» and individual personalities, as well as those proposals for modifying Russian approaches and methods that, he believed, it became possible to implement in connection with the revolution. These sources provide an opportunity to see what alternatives to established practices and views on Middle Eastern politics were in circulation among diplomats and orientalist specialists.

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Russia, iran, great britain, w. von klemm, v.f. minorsky, b.e. nolde, russian revolution

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IDR: 148330853   |   DOI: 10.37313/2658-4816-2024-6-4-92-104

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