Mara Kozelsky is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of South Alabama and contributing co-editor, with Philip L. Kohl and Nachman Ben-Yehuda, of Selective Remembrances.

A significant study that enhances scholarly understanding of Russian Orthodox nationalism in the nineteenth century... based on an ambitious set of sources, involving a large published record of primary documents, as well as local and central archives.- Christine D. Worobec, author of Possessed This book will be of great interest to scholars interested in Russia as empire, in the development and dissemination of Russian Orthodox nationalism in the nineteenth century, and in the relationship between religion and empire in imperial Russia.... Since it deals to such an extent with the building of many of the sightseeing destinations of present-day Crimea, I would also recommend it to visitors to Crimea who seek a deeper understanding of the peninsula and its history more generally.- Heather J. Coleman (Journal of Ukrainian Studies)

• Table of ContentsList of Tablee Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Names, and Toponyms Introduction 1. The Limits of Toleration and the Challenges of Conversion 2. From the Temple of Diana to the Cradle of Christianity: Graecophilia and Christian Archaeology 3. Athos in Crimea: A Local Response to the Eastern Question 4. Monasticism Takes Root 5. War: The Crucible of a Holy Place 6. The Legacy of War for Crimean Christianity Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Mara Kozelsky is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of South Alabama and contributing co-editor, with Philip L. Kohl and Nachman Ben-Yehuda, of Selective Remembrances.

A significant study that enhances scholarly understanding of Russian Orthodox nationalism in the nineteenth century... based on an ambitious set of sources, involving a large published record of primary documents, as well as local and central archives.- Christine D. Worobec, author of Possessed This book will be of great interest to scholars interested in Russia as empire, in the development and dissemination of Russian Orthodox nationalism in the nineteenth century, and in the relationship between religion and empire in imperial Russia.... Since it deals to such an extent with the building of many of the sightseeing destinations of present-day Crimea, I would also recommend it to visitors to Crimea who seek a deeper understanding of the peninsula and its history more generally.- Heather J. Coleman (Journal of Ukrainian Studies)

• Table of ContentsList of Tablee Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Names, and Toponyms Introduction 1. The Limits of Toleration and the Challenges of Conversion 2. From the Temple of Diana to the Cradle of Christianity: Graecophilia and Christian Archaeology 3. Athos in Crimea: A Local Response to the Eastern Question 4. Monasticism Takes Root 5. War: The Crucible of a Holy Place 6. The Legacy of War for Crimean Christianity Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Mara Kozelsky is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of South Alabama and contributing co-editor, with Philip L. Kohl and Nachman Ben-Yehuda, of Selective Remembrances.

A significant study that enhances scholarly understanding of Russian Orthodox nationalism in the nineteenth century... based on an ambitious set of sources, involving a large published record of primary documents, as well as local and central archives.- Christine D. Worobec, author of Possessed This book will be of great interest to scholars interested in Russia as empire, in the development and dissemination of Russian Orthodox nationalism in the nineteenth century, and in the relationship between religion and empire in imperial Russia.... Since it deals to such an extent with the building of many of the sightseeing destinations of present-day Crimea, I would also recommend it to visitors to Crimea who seek a deeper understanding of the peninsula and its history more generally.- Heather J. Coleman (Journal of Ukrainian Studies)

• Table of ContentsList of Tablee Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Names, and Toponyms Introduction 1. The Limits of Toleration and the Challenges of Conversion 2. From the Temple of Diana to the Cradle of Christianity: Graecophilia and Christian Archaeology 3. Athos in Crimea: A Local Response to the Eastern Question 4. Monasticism Takes Root 5. War: The Crucible of a Holy Place 6. The Legacy of War for Crimean Christianity Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index