Problems search of ancient monuments of the Crimea travelers in first half of the XIX century Cover Image

Проблемы поиска древних памятников Крыма путешественниками первой половины XIX века
Problems search of ancient monuments of the Crimea travelers in first half of the XIX century

Author(s): T.Yu. Prohorova
Subject(s): Cultural history, Diplomatic history, Ethnohistory, History of ideas
Published by: Нижневартовский государственный университет
Keywords: History; Crimea; travelers

Summary/Abstract: Problems which Russian and foreign travelers faced, visiting Crimea in first half XIX century, are studied in this article. In travelling notes, diaries, memoirs and proceedings of these people is reflected big (and nowadays irreplaceable) layer of information on the ancient and medieval past of peninsula, its architectural and archaeological monuments. Travel history studying of these authors is an actual historiographic problem. The author comes to a conclusion that further studying of XIX century first half traveler’s notes, including little-known, will allow enriching our knowledge of the historical past of peninsula, both new time, antiquity and of the Middle Ages