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Jesse W. Notes of a half-pay in search of health: or, Russia, Circassia, and the Crimea, in 1839 - 1840.

Jesse W. Notes of a half-pay in search of health: or, Russia, Circassia, and the Crimea, in 1839 - 1840. – London: J. Madden, , vol. 1 = 12 + 298 p.; vol. 2 = 9 + 335 p.

Language of edition: english

Historical period: 1839 – 1840

Volume 1

Rotterdam – Frankfurt – Ancona – Corfu – Athens – Corinth – Constantinople.

Odessa – Yalta – Kerch – Koreiz – Alupka – Sevastopol – Mangup – Bakhchisaray – Chufut-Kale – Odessa.

The war in Circassia – the history of the Circassians – Kuban line – Kabardians.

Volume 2

Departure from Odessa – Mykolaiv – Kherson – military settlements – Kremenchug – Poltava – Kharkiv.

Eagle – Mtsensk – Tula – Moscow – St. Petersburg.

History and current state of the Russian army.

The history and present state of the Russian society.

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Author: Jesse William

Subjects (4): Descriptions of travels in Ukraine, Editions of written sources about the Western Caucasus, Sources on history of St. Petersburg Empire (1700 – 1917), Travels in Crimea in late 18 – 19 cent.