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The quest for forbidden lands : Nikolai Przhevalskii and his followers on Inner Asian tracks

Title
The quest for forbidden lands : Nikolai Przhevalskii and his followers on Inner Asian tracks / by Alexandre Andreyev, Mikhail Baskhanov, Tatiana Yusupova.
Author
Andreev, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich)
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Baskhanov, M. K. (Mikhail Kazbekovich)
  • Yusupova, Tatiana
Description
xviii, 392 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
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.
Series Statement
Eurasian studies library : history, societies & cultures in Eurasia ; volume 10
Uniform Title
Eurasian studies library ; v. 10.
Subject
  • Przhevalʹskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1839-1888
  • Grąbczewski, Bronisław 1855-1926
  • Kozlov, Petr Kuzʹmič 1863-1935
  • Prževalʹskij, Nikolaj Michajlovič 1839-1888
  • Roborovskij, Vsevolod I. 1856-1910
  • Imperatorskoe russkoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo
  • Explorers > Russia > Biography
  • Explorers > Asia, Central > Biography
  • Discoveries in geography > Russian
  • Explorers
  • Entdecker
  • Forschungsreisender
  • Russen
  • Asia, Central > Discovery and exploration > Russian
  • Central Asia
  • Russia
  • Zentralasien
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
ISBN
  • 9789004303980
  • 9004303987
  • 9789004376267 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2018026232
  • 40028528118
OCLC
  • on1041902456
  • 1041902456
  • SCSB-9632284
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library