Elachich, E.A.: Life in the Tropical Forests of Africa
The author describes an imaginary journey through the African forests, […]
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Brianchaninov, N.V.: Wanderings (Nubia – Sudan – Palestine – Lebanon)
In this volume, Brianchaninov offers the reader a diary of his journey through Nubia, Sudan, Palestine and Lebanon (1906), accompanying the various entries with photographs (presumably taken during the trip). […]
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Gumilev, N.S.
Nikolai Gumilev, one of the founders of Russian Acmeism, travelled to Africa four times: while the first time he visited Egypt (1908), in the subsequent journeys he travelled to Ethiopia […]
Glagolev, S.S.: Mysteries on the Congo River
At the beginning of the essay, Glagolev quotes an article by Belgian lawyer and academician Eugène Goblet d’Alviella (De quelques problèmes relatifs aux Mystères d’Eleusis, 1903), in which the scholar had pointed out how peoples “with a low level of culture” follow […]
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Pimenova, E.K.: The Country of Sphinxes and Pyramids. Egypt
This short essay aims to increase public awareness of Egypt. It is divided into four chapters dealing with ancient monuments, the pyramids, the Sphinx and the River Nile; the inhabitants, their way of life and […]
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Rudnev, I.I.: The African Island of Madagascar
This short essay, published as a free supplement of the journal “Narodnoe obrazovanie”, intends to familiarise readers with the island of Madagascar. Information on the geography, climate, flora and fauna, inhabitants […]
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Paperin, L.: Liberia (A Negro State)
The book contains an author’s foreword, wherein he elucidates the essay’s main goal: to analyse the feasibility of establishing a centre for the Jewish people, that is economically viable and capable of meeting the general needs of the Jewish community. The essay itself is focused on the case of Liberia […]
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Gubarevich-Radobyl’skii, A.F.: Essay on the Economy of Bukhara and Tunisia. A Comparative Research on Two Protectorate Systems
The essay is divided into five sections: Agriculture; Industries; Trades; Finances; and Bases for the Further Development of the Russian Protectorate System in the Khanate. Each topic is considered in relation to the situation in both Bukhara and Tunisia. […]
Berezin, N.I.: Through the Land of the Pygmies (Stanley’s Travel)
With this volume, Berezin offers the Russian readership an account of Henry Stanely’s first trans-Africa expedition (1874-1877), from Zanzibar to Boma […]
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Vasin, N.A.: The Land of Black Christians. A Description of Abyssinia, its People and Nature
The book is addressed to children and aims at describing the population of “black Christians” in Ethiopia. It contains several illustrations of landscapes and local people. […]