AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
In the opening section of the essay, the author argues that there has been a call in Russia for the establishment of trade relations with Ethiopia. A consortium of Moscow manufacturers has been created with the aim of sending a shipment of goods to Ethiopia. The author wonders about what challenges the Russian merchants could face there […]
Krindach, F.: Essay on the Industry and Trade of Abyssinia Read Post »
The book is a historical, political, economical and social overview of South Africa. It is supplemented with 67 illustrations of cities, landscapes, and people of the country. The book opens by recounting a community of Dutch people residing in an English colony, who opt to relocate to a more remote region in Africa […]
Korsakov, N.: Transvaal and Its Wealth Read Post »
This short book is a collection of memories about the author’s experience in Ethiopia. Glinskii recollects a pleasant meeting with Ras Makonnen, who asks the Russian sanitary team to stay in Harar since his army needs medical assistance and the city is full of sick people.
Glinskii, D.L.: The Life of a Russian Sanitary Unit in Harar Read Post »
Mikhail Bernov’s travel notes include the author’s portrait, biography, and fifty-two photographs. The book is divided into two main parts: the first part focuses on Spain, while the second, comprising fourteen chapters, combines travel notes about Algiers and the Sahara desert. […]
Bernov, M.A.: Spain, Algeria, and the Sahara Read Post »
The volume, consisting of 19 chapters, is a military account of the war between Ethiopia and Italy in 1895-1896, often providing information on international relations. Though it is mainly based on Nikolai Leont’ev’s documents gathered during his permanence in Ethiopia, in the preface the author declares that he has also made use of Italian sources. […]
The book is divided into four chapters and includes photographic illustrations by G.V. Bobin, along with an author’s introduction. In the introductory note, the author clarifies that this book focuses solely on Bulatovich’s 1896 trip to Ethiopia from a sporting perspective, without mentioning the reasons behind Bulatovich’s mission to Harar or the role assigned to him […]
Krindach, F.: A Russian Cavalryman in Abyssinia: from Djibouti to Harar Read Post »
The essay was first published for another editor (E. Evdokimov) in 1894, under the title Arapy: ocherk byta i nravov chernogo plemeni (Arapy: An Essay on the Way of Life and Customs of Black Tribes). Since 1898 it has been part of the series “Knizhka za knizhkoi” (N° 46 in the catalogue). The book, aimed primarily at children […]
Koropchevskii, D.A.: Arapy Read Post »
The book consists of twenty-four chapters, a preface, and a conclusion. In the preface, the author explains that he was tasked with accompanying an expedition to study the tea regions of Asia as a naturalist and geographer in 1895 […]
Krasnov, A.N.: From the Cradle of Civilisation. Letters from a Journey Around the World Read Post »
The book features thirty-two illustrations of African landscapes and people. It is divided into nineteen chapters, prefaced by the author’s introduction and an initial overview of the journey’s circumstances. Chapters One to Nine report travelling around Europe, focusing on Warsaw, Vienna, the Austrian Alps, Italy, Venice, Italian Switzerland, and Marseille. Chapters Ten to Seventeen are devoted to African cities […]
Rutskii, P.G.: To the Oases of the Sahara and across Italy Read Post »
The book contains a series of notes authored by Colonel Sergei Kozlov, devoted to correcting factual mistakes found in Aleksander Bulatovich’s From Entoto to the Baro River: An Account of the Journey in the South-Western Regions of the Ethiopian Empire in 1896-1897. It is structured into three sections: an introduction, a list of corrections, and a conclusion […]
Kozlov, S.V.: Remarks on Some Parts of the Essay by Lieutenant Bulatovich Read Post »