The quest for forbidden lands : Nikolai Przhevalskii and his followers on Inner Asian tracks
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The quest for forbidden lands : Nikolai Przhevalskii and his followers on Inner Asian tracks
(Eurasian studies library : historical, political and social studies of Slavic and Islamic cultures in the Eurasian region, v. 10)
Brill, c2018
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-382) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Quest for Forbidden Lands: Nikolai Przhevalskii and his Followers on Inner Asian Tracks is a collection of biographical essays of outstanding Russian explorers of Inner Asia of the late nineteenth - early twentieth century, Nikolai Przhevalskii, Vsevolod Roborovskii, Mikhail Pevtsov, Petr Kozlov, Grigorii Grumm-Grzhimailo and Bronislav Grombchevskii, almost all senior army officers. Their expeditions were organized by the Imperial Russian Geographical Society with some assistance from the military department with a view of exploring and mapping the vast uncharted territories of Inner Asia, being the Western periphery of the Manchu-Chinese Empire. The journeys of these pioneers were a great success and gained world renown for their many discoveries and the valuable collections they brought from the region.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Andreyev, M. Baskhanov, T. Yusupova
Acknowledgements
Alexander Andreyev, Tatiana Yusupova
List of Illustrations
A Note on Transliteration, Terminology and Dates
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Into Inner Asia, in Search for the Unknown: The Russian Explorations and Explorers of the Region
Alexander I. Andreyev
1 A Glimpse of History: Early Travelers in the 'Forbidden Lands' (From the 13th to the Mid-19th Century)
2 The Imperial Russian Geographical Society, P.P. Semenov, and the Onset of Exploration of Inner Asia
3 The IRGO - War Ministry Cooperation. The 'Epic Era' of Przhevalskii's Expeditions
4 Exploration and the Great Game
5 Ethnographic Research and the 'Imperial Visions'
6 The Final Stage of Explorations: The Academy of Sciences Taking the Lead
7 Some Concluding Remarks
1 Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii (1839-1888)
Alexander I. Andreyev
2 Mikhail Vasil'ievich Pevtsov (1843-1902)
Mikhail K. Baskhanov
3 Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovskii (1856-1910)
Alexander I. Andreyev
4 Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863-1935)
Alexander I. Andreyev, Tatiana I. Yusupova
5 Bronislav Liudvigovich Grombchevskii (1855-1926)
Mikhail K. Baskhanov
6 Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1860-1936)
Tatiana I. Yusupova
Bibliography
Index
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