| Description |
1 online resource |
| 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 |
| 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. Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| SUBJECT |
Przhevalʹskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1839-1888. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85065884
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Przhevalʹskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1839-1888. fast (OCoLC)fst00155807 |
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Imperatorskoe russkoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo.
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Imperatorskoe russkoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo. fast (OCoLC)fst00588122 |
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Explorers -- Russia -- Biography
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Explorers -- Asia, Central -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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TRAVEL -- Asia -- General.
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Discoveries in geography -- Russian.
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Explorers.
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Asia, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian
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Central Asia.
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Russia.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baskhanov, M. K. (Mikhail Kazbekovich), author.
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Yusupova, Tatiana, author
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| LC no. |
2018040761 |
| ISBN |
9789004376267 |
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9004376267 |
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