AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The book includes five illustrations and tells the fictional story of a traveller’s journey to the Sahara desert. The tone is informative and aimed at children; the narrator depicts the harsh conditions of the desert, its climate […]
Vakhterova, E.O.: Across the Desert. Story of a Traveller Read Post »
The volume is divided into six chapters. The first one is dedicated to the Europeans’ encounters with Africa and their explorations of the continent; particular attention is paid to Livingstone, Stanley and Emin Pasha […]
Pimenova, E.K.: African Nature and Peoples Read Post »
In this pamphlet, Lebedeva articulates her views on the necessity of emancipation for Muslim women, widening the scope of a speech she gave at the 12th Congress of Orientalists (Rome, 1899) […]
Lebedeva (Barshcheva) O.S.: On the Emancipation of the Muslim Woman Read Post »
The book is a detailed memoirs of Bulatovich’s participation in the expedition led by Ras Welde Giyorgis (1851-1918) to the newly acquired region of Kaffa and further south to Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana). The fact that these territories were largely unexplored was the main reason for Bulatovich’s interest […]
The book is an adapted Russian translation of In Savage Africa: Or, Six Years of Adventure in Congo-Land by Edward James Glave (1892) […]
The book includes the hunting notes of Aleksandr Eliseev, which he took after his journey to North Africa. The author shares recollections of his adventures, meetings with Arabs in little villages, descriptions of the African landscape and wildlife […]
Eliseev, A.V.: Lion Nights. About a Trip to North Africa Read Post »
The book’s introductory note informs that in 1887 Notes on Hydrography were published, containing information about the harbours of the West coast of Africa, collected by midshipman Azbelev. Since then, no new notes on the West coast of Africa have appeared in Russian […]
Maidel’, E.V.: A Pilot’s Notes from the West Coast of Africa Read Post »
The narration begins with the author’s arrival in Cape Town, of which he praises the beauty, linking it to the civilisation introduced by the Europeans. Proceeding to Transvaal and then to Pretoria by train, he observes the dominance of Boers […]
The summary of Leonid Artamonov’s expedition to Ethiopia was published in the annual Report of the Geographical Society for 1898, in the section on journeys organised by the society that year. However, as noted in an introductory remark, Artamonov financed the journey independently. His expedition took him to the basin of the Sobat river […]
Artamonov, L.K.: A Brief Summary of a Trip to Abyssinia Read Post »
In the opening lines, the author asserts that Africa has long been the battleground for European powers, who sought to compensate for the limited space of their countries in Europe by securing extensive territories on the African continent. The book offers brief overviews of the history of European colonies and their borders in the late 19th century […]
Bok, I.I.: European Successes in the Eastern Half of Africa in Recent Years Read Post »