AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The book presents Leonid Savelov’s travel impressions from his journey to Egypt, accompanied by photographic illustrations and divided into twelve chapters. The illustrations feature images of local architecture, both ancient and modern, as well as landscapes. The author’s style is literary and personal, offering reflections on the places he visits, his impressions […]
Savelov, L.M.: From Bosphorus to the Pyramids Read Post »
The book is complemented by illustrations portraying local people, plants, animals, and landscapes. Following an introduction about geographical zones, the author describes a fictional journey to Africa. In Chapter One, he depicts the initial phase of the journey and explores the “fascinating” country of Egypt. Chapter Two delves further into Egypt, while Chapter Three shifts to the desert […]
Tupikov, P.G.: Hot Countries. In the Kingdom of Lions and Monkeys Read Post »
This concise report informs on the main stops of Troitskii’s journey through Central Africa in 1912-1914 […]
Troitskii, V.V.: A Journey to Central Africa Read Post »
The publication consists of eight chapters, covering Puzanov’s whole journey through Egypt and Sudan: From Black to Red Waters, Essay on the Red Sea Coastline of Sudan, Port Sudan, On the Coral Reefs of Port Sudan, Suakin, On the Mountains of Ethiopia, Khartoum, Life in Khartoum and the Journey Back. At the beginning of his treatise, the scholar underlines that […]
Puzanov, I.I.: Essays on North-Eastern Sudan Read Post »
The book includes photographic illustrations and an introduction where the author clarifies that these travel notes focus on the fauna of the places he visited, which are virtually unknown to the Russian reader due to the almost complete lack of specialised literature […]
The book consists of daily diary entries of variable length, which provide detailed ethnographic data and descriptions of the flora and fauna of East Africa […]
Sokolov, I.I.: Diary of the Expedition to Kenya and Uganda in 1914 Read Post »
In this piece, divided into fourteen short passages, Petrov-Vodkin offers the reader brief sketches from his trip to North Africa in 1907. A dreamlike quality […]
Petrov-Vodkin, K.S.: A Trip to Africa Read Post »
The book consists of two readings, which were meant to be presented to the people at the Salt Town auditorium in Saint Petersburg […]
Zviagin K.S.: Abyssinia. A Reading for the People Read Post »
The book features a preface, eleven letters, and twenty-one illustrations. The preface explains that the author of these travel notes tragically died in a hunting accident while pursuing a lion. Following the preface, the subsequent letters delve into the narrator’s impressions regarding present day Ethiopia and Eritrea nature […]
Radich, V.A.: Across Abyssinia Read Post »
Full title: Report of the work of the expedition sent to Сyrenaica by the Jewish Territorialist Organization under the patronage of the governor-general of Tripoli and under the direction of J.W. Gregory, Professor of Geology at Glasgow University […]
Paperin, L.: An Expedition to Cyrenaica. 1908. A Report Read Post »