The Quest for Forbidden Lands, Nikolai Przhevalskii and his Followers on Inner Asian Tracks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexandre I. Andreyev; Mikhail Baskhanov; Tatyana Yusupova

Baskhanov, M. K. (Mikhail Kazbekovich), author.

Yusupova, Tatiana, author.

Series:

Eurasian Studies Library 10.

Eurasian studies library ; Volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explorers--Russia--Biography.

Explorers.

Explorers--Asia, Central--Biography.

Asia, Central--Discovery and exploration--Russian.

Asia, Central.

Imperatorskoe russkoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo.

Przhevalʹskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1839-1888.

Przhevalʹskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 392 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Alexandre Andreyev , Mikhail Baskhanov and Tatiana Yusupova

Introduction – Into Inner Asia, in Search for the Unknown: The Russian Explorations and Explorers of the Region / Alexandre Andreyev

1 Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii (1839–1888) / Alexandre Andreyev

2 Mikhail Vasil’ievich Pevtsov (1843–1902) / Mikhail Baskhanov

3 Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovskii (1856–1910) / Alexandre Andreyev

4 Petr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863–1935) / Alexandre Andreyev and Tatiana Yusupova

5 Bronislav Liudvigovich Grombchevskii (1855–1926) / Mikhail Baskhanov

6 Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1860–1936) / Tatiana Yusupova

Bibliography / Alexandre Andreyev , Mikhail Baskhanov and Tatiana Yusupova

Index / Alexandre Andreyev , Mikhail Baskhanov and Tatiana Yusupova.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

90-04-37626-7

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004376267 DOI