AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The aim of this pamphlet is to promote Helwan as a place for healing from different health issues and, especially, to advertise the sanatorium of doctor L. Kushnir. Built by the doctor in 1904, the sanatorium had progressively grown to include also a boarding house, a music hall, and a chemico-microscopy laboratory […]
Anon. – Helwan, Near Cairo. A Winter Sanatorium in the Country of the Pyramids Read Post »
In this pamphlet, Lebedeva articulates her views on the necessity of emancipation for Muslim women, widening the scope of a speech she gave at the 12th Congress of Orientalists (Rome, 1899) […]
Lebedeva (Barshcheva) O.S.: On the Emancipation of the Muslim Woman Read Post »
This pamphlet is part of the series “Studies in ethnography”, which offered the Russian public news on the world’s most various populations. Contrary to what one would imagine, the author talks about the entirety of the African continent, describing the different climate zones, flora and fauna, and natural resources […]
Putsykovich F.F.: Negroes. A Reading for the People Read Post »
This pamphlet is part of the series “Studies in ethnography”, which offered the Russian public news on the world’s most various populations. The author provides information on the history, the geography and the locals […]
Putsykovich, F.F.: Abyssinians. A Reading for the People Read Post »