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Breton de la Martinière J. B. La Russie, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans de toutes les provinces de cet empire.

Breton de la Martinière J. B. La Russie, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans de toutes les provinces de cet empire. – Paris: J. M. Eberhart, 1813, t. 1 = 32 + 163 + 2 + 10 p.; t. 2 = 186 + 2 p. ; t. 3 = 190 + 2 p.; t. 4 = 196 + 2 p.; t. 5 = 192 + 2 p.; t. 2 = 198 + 2 p.

Language of edition: french

"Russia or customs of all the peoples of the empire."

T. 1: key people in Russia – St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg ladies – slaves – Neva – Kazan Cathedral – Admiralty – Imperial Palace – a statue of Peter the Great – Potemkin Palace.

T. 2: Gatchina – Tsarskoye Selo – Finland – Inhriya – Estonia – Novgorod – Tver – Moscow.

T. 3: Gypsies – Moscow merchants – Library – Novodevichy Monastery – army – old archers and Polish Janissaries [!] – Modern Army – Cossacks – Kalmyks – Bashkirs – the government – the princes – Russian religion.

T. 4: trade – extent – coins – Holidays – Entertainment – prison – Knut – Poland – Little – Greeks living in Russia, Moldavia, Wallachia – the Don Cossacks.

T. 5: Black Sea Cossacks – Asia – Taganrog – Nakhichevan – Volga – Astrakhan – Tatars – Kalmyks – Nogai – Mordvinians – Caucasus nations – Georgians – Circassians.

T. 6: Crimea – Kafa – Bakhchisaray – Kherson – Sevastopol – Odessa. Samoyed – Ostyaks – votyaks – Arkhangelsk – Siberia – Kamchatka – Chukchi – Koryaks – Kuril Islands.

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Author: Breton de la Martinière Jean Baptiste Joseph (1777 – 1852)

Subjects (2): Sources on history of St. Petersburg Empire (1700 – 1917), Travels in Crimea in late 18 – 19 cent.