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Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society

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The Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society ([Императорское православное палестинское общество] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), founded in 1882, is a scholarly organization for the study of the Middle East. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the society was renamed the Russian Palestine Society (Russian: [Российское Палестинское Общество] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) and attached to the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.[1] Its original name was restored by the society on 22 May 1992.[2]

References

  1. ^ Peter Gran (May 1996). Beyond Eurocentrism: New View of Modern World History. ISBN 0815626924. Alexander III had encouraged the formation of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society
  2. ^ Устав Императорского Православного Палестинского Общества на официальном портале ИППО.


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