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Comparing Colonial Discourses: Africa and the Caucasus in Russian Thought
18th October 2023 / Sala delle Edicole – Palazzo del Capitanio
19th October 2023 / Sala Sartori – Palazzo Liviano
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Kotel’nikov, G.E.: The Priest of Osiris
The full title of the play is The Priest of Osiris: The Mystery of the Pyramid of the Pharaoh Khаfre. One-act play in verse. The plot can be summarized as follows: Aira, widow of Pharaoh Khefre, is beloved by Osorkhon, a priest of Osiris, who, in a monologue, confesses his love for her. Aira prays in front of the statue of Osiris, mourning her husband, while Osorkhon secretly watches her.
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Krasnov, P.N.: The Love of an Abyssinian Woman
The young Ivan Andreev leaves for Ethiopia, sent by a Russian firm aiming to establish successful business relationships between the two countries. He leaves behind his wife Ania, whom he gradually forgets as he becomes a “true Abyssinian”, learning the language and living according to the local customs.
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Krasnov, P.N.: The Cossacks in Abyssinia
These travel notes are a recollection of Petr Krasnov’s journey through Ethiopia in 1897-1898, as part of the Russian diplomatic mission. Krasnov and twenty other Cossacks were tasked with safeguarding the other members of the expedition.
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Volkonskii, M.N.: The African Princess (Vampuka)
The play consists of two acts and was firstly published in the newspaper Novoe vremia (1890); it was later slightly altered and staged at the satirical theatre Krivoe zerkalo (1908). The beautiful Vampuka, an African princess, is in love with a young man called Lodyre. Unfortunately, the Ethiopians are searching for her, as their king, Strofokamil, wants to marry her after having killed her father.
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Shchusev, P.V.: Towards the Blue Nile’s Springs
The lecture is devoted to geographical and naturalistic observations made by Shchusev during his stay in Ethiopia. Some observations are made through the analysis of samples of the local soil, collected between Harar and Addis Abeba and brought back to Russia.
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Chukmaldin, N.M.: Travel Notes from Palestine and Egypt
Travel notes from Palestine and Egypt, divided into chapters according to the places the author visited. After Constantinople and Smyrna the author arrives in Alexandria, where he only stops for a day before getting on another ship to Jaffa. After “the pogrom made by the English” the city is being rebuilt, and looks clean and neat.
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Shchusev, P.V.: Lecture on a Yearly Stay in Abyssinia
The lecture is devoted to geographical and naturalistic observations made by Shchusev during his stay in Ethiopia. Some observations are made through the analysis of samples of the local soil, collected between Harar and Addis Abeba and brought back to Russia.
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Anon. – Western Missionaries in Africa
Table of contents: 1. In place of a first chapter (p. 6) – 2. The country and its inhabitants (p. 17) – 3. The first moves of the mission (p. 37) – 4. The first Christians (p. 58) – 5. The first martyrs (p. 66) – 6. The bishop Hannington (p. 73) – The persecution (p. 81) – Mass uprising and the war (p. 90) – 9. Ending (p. 100).
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