The Quest for Forbidden Lands : Nikolai Przhevalskii and His Followers on Inner Asian Tracks.
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- 9789004376267
- 915.804309239171
- DS327.8 .A537 2018
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Alexandre Andreyev, Mikhail Baskhanov, Tatiana Yusupova -- Acknowledgements -- Alexandre Andreyev, Tatiana Yusupova -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Transliteration, Terminology and Dates -- Introduction -- Into Inner Asia, in Search for the Unknown: The Russian Explorations and Explorers of the Region -- Alexandre I. Andreyev -- Chapter 1 -- Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii (1839-1888) -- Alexandre I. Andreyev -- Chapter 2 -- Mikhail Vasil'ievich Pevtsov (1843-1902) -- Mikhail K. Baskhanov -- Chapter 3 -- Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovskii (1856-1910) -- Alexandre I. Andreyev -- Chapter 4 Andreyev and Yusupova -- Petr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863-1935) -- Alexandre I. Andreyev, Tatiana I. Yusupova -- Chapter 5 -- Bronislav Liudvigovich Grombchevskii (1855-1926) -- Mikhail K. Baskhanov -- Chapter 6 -- Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1860-1936) -- Tatiana I. Yusupova -- Bibliography -- Index.
A series of biographical essays of outstanding Russian explorers of Inner Asia of the late nineteenth - early twentieth century, focusing on their pioneer explorations of the uncharted region and their many discoveries.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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