AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The travel notes are divided into four chapters and accompanied by five photographs (of landscapes, the Amani Institute and Tengeni Station). The first chapter contains descriptions of the city of Tanga and its population, comprised of “Europeans”, “Arabs”, “Indians” and “Negroes”. It also contains accounts […]
One of the main figures of the so-called “young generation” of Russian symbolists, Andrei Belyi (ps. of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev) undertook a journey to Italy and Northern Africa with his partner Asia Turgeneva in 1910-1911 […]
In this piece, which is divided into fourteen short sections, Petrov-Vodkin provides the reader with brief sketches of his travels in North Africa in 1907. A dreamlike quality permeates […]
Petrov-Vodkin, K.S.: A Trip to Africa Read Post »
At the beginning of the essay, Bashmakov explains that the past spring he travelled to the Sennar region and the White Nile in order to collect materials on the history and ethnography of North-Eastern and Central Africa […]
Bashmakov, A.A.: Nubia and Egypt Read Post »
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 »
The book is divided into forty-one chapters. In the introductory chapter, the author travels from Saint Petersburg to Odessa, Constantinople, and finally Egypt. Chapters two to thirty are devoted to Egypt, whereas the remaining chapters depict the author’s journey through Palestine […]
Fonvizin, S.I.: Seven Months in Egypt and Palestine. Essays and Impressions Read Post »
The book is divided into fifteen chapters, and details the author’s journey to North Africa (Egypt) and Asia (Ceylon, India). Photographs representing landscapes and cityscapes are included. Chapters 1-3 are devoted to Egypt […]
Novitskii, V.F.: Through Southern Countries Read Post »
In this volume, Brianchaninov offers the reader a diary of his journey through Nubia, Sudan, Palestine and Lebanon (1906), accompanying the various entries with photographs (presumably taken during the trip). […]
Brianchaninov, N.V.: Wanderings (Nubia – Sudan – Palestine – Lebanon) Read Post »
Nikolai Gumilev, one of the founders of Russian Acmeism, travelled to Africa four times: while the first time he visited Egypt (1908), in the subsequent journeys he travelled to Ethiopia […]
The book includes fourteen photographic illustrations portraying the local population, cityscapes, and landscapes. In the introduction the author claims that he intends to share his impressions of a trip to Spain, Algiers, and Biskra. His first encounter with North Africa is through the city of Oran, […]
Nedumov, A.I.: Across Spain and Algeria. Travel Notes Read Post »