AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The essay was first published for another editor (E. Evdokimov) in 1894, under the title Arapy: ocherk byta i nravov chernogo plemeni (Arapy: An Essay on the Way of Life and Customs of Black Tribes). Since 1898 it has been part of the series “Knizhka za knizhkoi” (N° 46 in the catalogue). The book, aimed primarily at children […]
Koropchevskii, D.A.: Arapy Read Post »
The book contains a series of notes authored by Colonel Sergei Kozlov, devoted to correcting factual mistakes found in Aleksander Bulatovich’s From Entoto to the Baro River: An Account of the Journey in the South-Western Regions of the Ethiopian Empire in 1896-1897. It is structured into three sections: an introduction, a list of corrections, and a conclusion […]
Kozlov, S.V.: Remarks on Some Parts of the Essay by Lieutenant Bulatovich Read Post »
After the introduction and the first two chapters, consisting of a recollection of Bulatovich’s trips to Ethiopia between 1896 and 1897, the book proceeds as an essay on the geography, ethnography, and history of Ethiopia […]
The essay offers an overview of the political map of Africa at the end of the 19th century. In the introduction the author asserts that “recently, we have been experiencing a highly interesting historical and geographical event – the partition of the vast continent of Africa. […]
Litvinov, M.M.: Around the Globe. A Modern Political Map of Africa 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.: Lecture on a Yearly Stay in Abyssinia Read Post »
With this essay, Dolganev provides an insight into Ethiopian history and society. After a chapter entirely devoted to history, he focuses his attention on the systems of administration (political, ecclesiastical, judicial), on education and religion (including monasticism and asceticism), on everyday customs […]
Dolganev, E.E.: The Country of Ethiopians (Abyssinia) Read Post »
The essay, which was presented before the members of the Kharkiv Medical Society in 1895, is an anthropological and anthropometric study of a group of twenty-two women from Dahomey, who arrived in Kharkiv […]
Favr, V.G.: Anthropological Notes on Dahomean Women Read Post »
The book contains fifteen illustrations, an author’s introduction, and it is divided into ten chapters. The illustrations include a map of the area, portraits of local inhabitants, images of local architecture and landscapes, and portraits of Russian travellers in Ethiopia. In the introduction, the author claims that after several unsuccessful Russian missions to Ethiopia […]
Gruzdev, F.S.: In the Country of Black Christians: Essays on Abyssinia Read Post »
In the introduction, Zviagin explains that he decided to write an essay on Ethiopia based on his observations in the country, since only incomplete, fragmentary or untruthful material had been circulating in Russia up to that point […]
Zviagin K.S.: Essay on Modern Abyssinia. Personal Observations 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 »