Spies and Scholars

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Spies and Scholars is written by Gregory Afinogenov and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674246578 (ISBN 10) and 9780674246577 (ISBN 13).

Gregory Afinogenov explores centuries of Russian spying and scholarship on the Far East. He argues that the approaches the empire took are closely related to its leaders’ perception of Russia’s place in the world. Espionage gave way to public-facing, academic study, as Russia sought to outdo Britain in a global contest for imperial prestige.