AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The volume includes ten illustrations, and presents itself as an adaptation for children of a book by Alfred Brehm. The author portrays the perils and challenges of travelling through the Sahara […]
Poretskii, S.A.: A Journey to the Sahara Read Post »
The volume, part of the series “Knizhka za knizhkoi”, is dedicated to the progressive discovery of the route to India by circumnavigating Africa, starting with the explorations of Prince Henry the Navigator (Henrique of Portugal, 1394-1460) […]
Sleptsov, A.A.: To India by Sea Read Post »
The book opens with a review of the history of South Africa from its inception to the establishment of the South African Republic. Following a chronological account of such historical events as the foundation of Johannesburg by the “uitlanders” and the Anglo-Boer war, the author analyses them from juridical and political perspectives. […]
Shtiglits, A.N.: The United Kingdom and its Politics in South Africa Read Post »
The book is devoted to the life of Vasiliy Vasil’evich Bolotov, a Russian orientalist and church historian (1853-1900). The biography was written following Bolotov’s passing, it is divided into seven chapters, and includes a photographic portrait of Bolotov […]
Rubtsov, M.V.: Vasilii Vasil’evich Bolotov. A Biographical Essay Read Post »
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 »
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 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 play consists of two acts and was firstly published in the newspaper Novoe vremia (1890); it was later slightly altered and staged at the satirical theatre Krivoe zerkalo (1908). The beautiful Vampuka, an African princess, is in love with a young man called Lodyre. Unfortunately, the Ethiopians are searching for her, as their king, Strofokamil, wants to marry her after having killed her father.
Volkonskii, M.N.: The African Princess (Vampuka) Read Post »
The lecture is devoted to geographical and naturalistic observations made by Shchusev during his stay in Ethiopia. Some observations are made through the analysis of samples of the local soil, collected between Harar and Addis Abeba and brought back to Russia.
Shchusev, P.V.: Towards the Blue Nile’s Springs Read Post »