AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The essay is divided into four chapters: German East Africa (issue 1), Cameroon (issue 2), Togo and German South West Africa (issue 7-8). In the introduction, Grigor’ev quickly explains that Germany has acquired territories in separate regions of Africa, which, along with the unfavourable climate, makes their administration harder […]
Grigor’ev, A.A.: German Colonies in Africa Read Post »
The book contains Gadenko’s travel notes about his journey from Nice to North Africa in 1913. The opening chapter illustrates the author’s first impressions of Algiers and its surroundings, which are overall positive and intriguing […]
Grinevskaia’s travel notes, recounting her journey through Egypt and the Middle East in 1910-1911, are part of an ongoing publication in “Ezhegodnik rukopisnogo otdela Pushkinskogo Doma” […]
Grinevskaia, I.A.: A Journey to the Lands of the Sun Read Post »
The book is a recollection of Gorodetskii’s travel to British East Africa, which lasted approximately three and a half months, from the end of 1911 to the end of February 1912. In the preface, the author states the influence of famous Western colonial writers […]
Gorodetskii, V.V.: In the African Jungle. A Hunter’s Diary Read Post »
The book features a foreword, a bibliography and a map, and it is organised into thematic chapters. In the foreword, the author addresses the prevalence of misinformation surrounding Angola, a Portuguese colony in Africa. Iurovetskii suggests that Angola might hold significance as a potential home for the Jewish population […]
Iurovetskii, M.I.: Angola. The Land Offered by Portugal to the Jews for Colonisation Read Post »
The book is divided into thirteen chapters, accompanied by an introduction, a conclusion, technical drawings, and a map. In the introduction, the author provides a brief historical overview of Egypt’s irrigation systems and mentions that he visited Egypt in 1908, a journey that enabled him to write this book. During his stay, with the cooperation of British engineers, Ermolaev visited all the major hydraulic structures in Egypt […]
Ermolaev, M.N.: Modern Irrigation and Cotton Production in Egypt Read Post »
The book is divided into forty-one chapters. In the introductory chapter, the author travels from Saint Petersburg to Odessa, Constantinople, and finally Egypt. Chapters two to thirty are devoted to Egypt, whereas the remaining chapters depict the author’s journey through Palestine […]
Fonvizin, S.I.: Seven Months in Egypt and Palestine. Essays and Impressions Read Post »
The author describes an imaginary journey through the African forests, […]
Elachich, E.A.: Life in the Tropical Forests of Africa Read Post »
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 […]
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 degree of culture” follow […]
Glagolev, S.S.: Mysteries on the Congo River Read Post »