The Russian Ecclesiastical Missions (1715-1864) to Peking and their Influence on China Studies in Russia

Authors

  • Alexi D. VOSKRESSENSKI

Keywords:

Russian Orthodox Church, Ecclesiastical Mission, China Studies, Sinology

Abstract

The aim of the essay is to find out how the Russian Orthodox Church as a religious institution influenced the birth and evolution of China Studies and helped to create a Sinology as a national academic discipline in Russia. The brief analyses of the history of the 14 Ecclesiastical Missions in China helps to figure out what kind of impetus this religious institution gave to Academic Sinology and how it helped to create a university Sinology as a national sinological school.

 

 

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Author Biography

Alexi D. VOSKRESSENSKI

Alexei D. Voskressenski (華可勝), Professor Doctor of Political Science, Ph.D. (The University of Manchester, Government) and Ph.D. (Kandidat Nauk in History of International Relations and Foreign Policy, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, RUS, Moscow) is founding director (from 2017) of the Centre for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects (MGIMO University), and professor of Asian Studies, IR, and Comparative Politics at the School of International Relations (MGIMO). He is also a founding editorin-chief (from 2009) of the peer-reviewed journal Comparative Politics Russia (www.comparative politics.org). Russia, Moscow, 117454, Vernadsky pr., 76; +7(495)2293829: chinaregion@inno.mgimo.r 

 

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Published

13-06-2025

Issue

International Journal of China Studies Vol.11 No.2 December 2020

Section

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