The essay was published in “Zapiski Imperatorskogo Russkogo Geograficheskogo obshchestva” in 1850 (p. 168-223). It bears two subtitles: “From a letter to V. V. Grigor’ev” and “Read at the assembly on March 2, 1849” […]

The volume includes a map of Egypt and a preface, in which the author illustrates the circumstances of his travel: he left Saint Petersburg on a government mission in February 1846, and, after visiting Turkey, Egypt, Syria, and Palestine, he returned to Russia in November 1848 […]