AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The book is divided into six chapters: Introduction. Mombasa; The Ugandan Railway. Nairobi; Towards Entebbe. Entebbe; Mabira Forest; Kisumu. From Voi to Taveta […]
Dogel’, V.A.: A Naturalist in East Africa Read Post »
The book presents Leonid Savelov’s travel impressions from his journey to Egypt, accompanied by photographic illustrations and divided into twelve chapters. The illustrations feature images of local architecture, both ancient and modern, as well as landscapes. The author’s style is literary and personal, offering reflections on the places he visits, his impressions […]
Savelov, L.M.: From Bosphorus to the Pyramids Read Post »
The book contains Gadenko’s travel notes about his journey from Nice to North Africa in 1913. The opening chapter illustrates the author’s first impressions of Algiers and its surroundings, which are overall positive and intriguing […]
The book was written as a result of a car journey of Andrei Nagel, Boris Nikiforov, and Evgenii Kuz’min (the author of the book) on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. It is accompanied by photographs and drawings made by Kuz’min himself. The book is preceded by two humorous epigraphs and the general tone of the narration is a rather humorous one, […]
Kuz’min, E.M.: Around Africa by Car Read Post »
Grinevskaia’s travel notes, recounting her journey through Egypt and the Middle East in 1910-1911, are part of an ongoing publication in “Ezhegodnik rukopisnogo otdela Pushkinskogo Doma” […]
Grinevskaia, I.A.: A Journey to the Lands of the Sun Read Post »
The book is a recollection of Gorodetskii’s travel to British East Africa, which lasted approximately three and a half months, from the end of 1911 to the end of February 1912. In the preface, the author states the influence of famous Western colonial writers […]
Gorodetskii, V.V.: In the African Jungle. A Hunter’s Diary Read Post »
The book includes photographic illustrations and an introduction where the author clarifies that these travel notes focus on the fauna of the places he visited, which are virtually unknown to the Russian reader due to the almost complete lack of specialised literature […]
The book consists of daily diary entries of variable length, which provide detailed ethnographic data and descriptions of the flora and fauna of East Africa […]
Sokolov, I.I.: Diary of the Expedition to Kenya and Uganda in 1914 Read Post »
The piece is an account of Nikitin’s expedition to German and British East Africa. The author recollects the main stops along the journey, which began in Odessa […]
Nikitin, V.N.: On the Shores of Lake Victoria Read Post »
Born into a Ukrainian noble family of Lithuanian descent, Vladimir (Volodymyr) Narbut was a Russian and Soviet poet and literary critic, a member of the Acmeist group. His relationship with Africa dates back to 1912, when he left Russia […]