The quest for forbidden lands Nikolai Przhevalskii and his followers on Inner Asian tracks / Alexandre Andreyev, Mikhail Baskhanov, Tatiana Yusupova.
| Author/creator | Andreev, A. I. |
| Other author | Baskhanov, M. K. (Mikhail Kazbekovich) |
| Other author | Yusupova, Tatiana. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Eurasian studies library : history, societies & cultures in Eurasia, 1877-9484; volume 10 |
| Contents | Introduction: Into Inner Asia, in Search for the Unknown: The Russian Explorations and Explorers of the Region / Alexander I. Andreyev -- A Glimpse of History: Early Travelers in the 'Forbidden Lands' (From the 13th to the Mid-19th Century) -- The Imperial Russian Geographical Society, P.P. Semenov, and the Onset of Exploration of Inner Asia -- The IRGO - War Ministry Cooperation. The 'Epic Era' of Przhevalskii's Expeditions -- Exploration and the Great Game -- Ethnographic Research and the 'Imperial Visions' -- The Final Stage of Explorations: The Academy of Sciences Taking the Lead -- Some Concluding Remarks -- Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii (1839-1888) / Alexander I. Andreyev -- Mikhail Vasil'ievich Pevtsov (1843-1902) / Mikhail K. Baskhanov -- Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovskii (1856-1910) / Alexander I. Andreyev -- Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863-1935) / Alexander I. Andreyev, Tatiana I. Yusupova -- Bronislav Liudvigovich Grombchevskii (1855-1926) / Mikhail K. Baskhanov -- Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1860-1936) / Tatiana I. Yusupova |
| Abstract | 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. Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Andreev, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich), author. Quest for forbidden lands Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] 9789004303980 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018040761 |
| ISBN | 9789004376267 (E-book) |
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