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 […]
Pimenova, E.K.: The Country of Sphinxes and Pyramids. Egypt
This short essay is intended to spread knowledge on Egypt amongst the general public. It is divided into four chapters […]
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Rubtsov, M.V.: Vasilii Vasil’evich Bolotov. A Biographical Essay
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 […]
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Chukmaldin, N.M.: Travel Notes from Palestine and Egypt
Travel notes from Palestine and Egypt, divided into chapters according to the places the author visited. After Constantinople and Smyrna the author arrives in Alexandria, where he only stops for a day before getting on another ship to Jaffa. After “the pogrom made by the English” the city is being rebuilt, and looks clean and neat.
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Krasnov, A.N.: From the Cradle of Civilisation. Letters from a Journey Around the World
The book consists of twenty-four chapters, a preface, and a conclusion. In the preface, the author explains that he was tasked with accompanying an expedition to study the tea regions of Asia as a naturalist and geographer in 1895 […]
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Eliseev, A.V.: Around the World
The second volume of Eliseev’s travel notes is divided into thirty-two chapters, provided with illustrations by Nikolai Karazin and others. Chapters ten to seventeen are devoted to a trip through North Africa […]
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Veniukov, M.I.: Notes on Contemporary Egypt
The author of these notes, presented in the form of an essay, asserts that the primary objective of this text is to represent contemporary Egypt […]
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Eliseev, A.V.: Mahdism and the Current State of Affairs in Sudan
In 1892, the author decides to embark on a journey to Sudan with the aim of understanding the Mahdi religious movement and the Mahdist State. He asserts that this can be crucial for Russia due to the significant presence of a Muslim population within the Russian Empire.
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Komstadius, N.N.: Notes of a Tourist
The book is divided into two main parts, and it is accompanied by a map of the author’s journey. In the introduction, Komstadius raises questions about the purpose of a tourist’s journal or travel notes, asserting that his book aims to offer practical information, rather than literary content […]
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Kartavtsev, E.E.: Through Egypt and Palestine. Travel Notes
The book is a collection of travel notes that were published in 1891 in the journal “Vestnik Evropy”, with the addition of some previously unpublished material. In the preface, the author confesses that, being drawn to the East, he had managed to convince two wealthy friends to visit Palestine and Egypt […]
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