AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The book offers an account of the 1894-1895 expedition to Ethiopia led by Nikolai Leont’ev and Aleksandr Eliseev, through the eyes of the archimandrite Efrem […]
Efrem, archimandrite: A Journey to Abyssinia Read Post »
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 bears the subtitle “Overview of the Ethnographic and Anthropological Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences (with twenty-six drawings from the photographs of K.K. Gil’tsen)”. In the introductory note, the author claims that the Ethnographic and Anthropological Museum is sadly virtually unknown to the public […]
Eliseev, A.V.: From the History of Culture. Essay Read Post »
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 […]
Eliseev, A.V.: Around the World Read Post »
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.
Eliseev, A.V.: Mahdism and the Current State of Affairs in Sudan Read Post »
In the opening section of the article, the author reflects on the Sahara Desert and its inhabitants, the Tuareg people, exploring the relationship between them and the harsh desert environment. Beginning with a Tuareg legend conveying the message that the Sahara was specifically created for the Tuareg, the author introduces a different perspective, asserting that the Tuaregs were, in fact, created for the Sahara, without which it would be uninhabited […]
Eliseev, A.V.: In the Country of the Tuareg People Read Post »
Upon the commission of the Orthodox Palestine Society, the author asserts undertaking a second expedition to the East to explore the Russian pilgrimage in the Holy Land. Starting from Palestine, the route extended through Greece, Italy, Sicily, and Malta, ultimately landing in Tripoli with the objective of visiting the Northern Sahara and the city of Gadames […]
The article was published in the fifth issue of “Izvestiia Russkogo Geograficheskogo obshchestva”, 1882 (p. 360-391). It reports the author’s journey to several major Egyptian cities, including Alexandria and Cairo, and his trip to the Sinai Peninsula, before continuing to Palestine […]
Eliseev, A.V.: A Trip to Egypt, Stony Arabia, and Palestine Read Post »