Correspondent George Dobson (1854-1938): Life and work in Russia

Natalia Bannikova

doi:10.28995/2686-7249-2016-1-28-38

Correspondent George Dobson (1854-1938): Life and work in Russia

Natalia Bannikova

https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2016-1-28-38

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Abstract

The article represents the biography of George Dobson, one of the first correspondents of The Times newspaper in Russia. His life reconstructed with the use of material from different sources, mainly foreign ones. The example of his biography helps to trace the complexity and instability of the British-Russian relations, twists and turns of the British policy towards the Russian Empire, Provisional government and Bolsheviks at the end of XIX and the beginning of XX centuries.

Keywords

Российская империя, Великобритания, Средняя Азия, геополитика, газета «Таймс», публицистика, Санкт-Петербург, Лондон, железнодорожный транспорт, Временное правительство, большевики, заговор Локкарта, Russian Empire, Great Britain, Central Asia, geopolitics, The Times newspaper, journalism, St. Petersburg, London, rail transport, Provisional government, Bolsheviks, Lockhart conspiracy,

About the Author

Natalia Bannikova

Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation

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For citation: Bannikova N. Correspondent George Dobson (1854-1938): Life and work in Russia. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2016;(1):28-38. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2016-1-28-38

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