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Members of Russian expedition to Syria and Palestine in Jerusalem,1891. Seating in the center: Akim Olesnitskii; second from the right: Nicodim Kondakov. Courtesy of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

February 11, 2020

Russian Archaeology of the Holy Land

Russian scholars have been active in the Holy Land for 150 years. Like other Europeans, they came as part of imperial competition, but their contributions endured and are expanding