Columbus of the Russian province. on Journey to Kazan, Viatka and Orenburg by Maxim Nevzorov Cover Image

Kolumb rosyjskiej prowincji. O Podróży do Kazania, Wiatki i Orenburga Maksima Niewzorowa
Columbus of the Russian province. on Journey to Kazan, Viatka and Orenburg by Maxim Nevzorov

Author(s): Magdalena Dąbrowska
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Language and Literature Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: provincial Russia; 18th century; Kazan; Viatka;Orenburg; Maxim Nevzorov; social history

Summary/Abstract: The provincial Russia is a great geographic and literary discovery of 18th century. This is reflected by Journey to Kazan, Viatka and Orenburg... (1803) being a sentimental journey of Maxim Nevzorov (1762/1763–1827). The writer provides there both historical information (capture of Kazan by Ivan IV in 1552), and also geographic, ethnographic and sociologic information.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 119
  • Page Range: 5-18
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish