AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
Through these “letters”, Bashmakov recounts his journey to Egypt and Sudan in 1910. He recalls leaving in late February from Greece; passing by Crete and reading The East, Russia, and Slavdom by Konstantin Leont’ev, he gets lost in thoughts about Russia, the Orient and what may await him in Africa. The author then shares his impressions of Alexandria […]
Bashmakov, A.A.: Letters from Africa Read Post »
This book is a thorough account of the Anglo-Boer War from the perspective of a Russian nursing sister, who volunteered in order to help the Boers’ cause […]
This brief (and probably fictional) memoirs is centred around a Russian woman – the mysterious author – who, having left her husband Nikolai after learning of his infidelity, decides to rejoin him when news reaches her that he has volunteered in the Anglo-Boer War […]
Mariia Z.: How I Became a Volunteer in Transvaal Read Post »
The book is a detailed memoirs of Bulatovich’s participation in the expedition led by Ras Welde Giyorgis (1851-1918) to the newly acquired region of Kaffa and further south to Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana). The fact that these territories were largely unexplored was the main reason for Bulatovich’s interest […]
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 […]