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Telfer J. B. The Crimea and Transcaucasia.

Telfer J. B. The Crimea and Transcaucasia. – London: H. S. King, , vol. 1 = 20 + 297 p.; vol. 2 = 12 + 293 p., ills.

Language of edition: english

Historical period: 1874

Trip in 1874.

Volume 1

Odessa – Jews – swimming in the Crimea – Saki – Hersonissos – Sevastopol – Inkerman – Monastery St. George – Balaklava – sometimes fighting the Crimean War – Bajdary – Alupka – Alushta – Feodosiya – Kerch – Yeni-Kale.

Taman – chornomorski Cossacks – Novorossiysk – Gelendzhik – Pitsunda – Sukhumi – Poti – Guria – Tbilisi – Mtskheta – Armenia – Mount Ararat – Yerevan – Echmiadzin – Tbilisi – Mount Kazbek – Dar’yal – Vladikavkaz – Ossetians.

Volume 2

Again Tbilisi – Kutaisi – Gelati – Queen Tamara – Svaneti – Samegrelo – Poti – Sukhumi – Novorossiysk.

Kerch – Feodosiya – Old Crimea – Sudak – Karasu Bazaar – Simferopol – Chater-Dag – Partenit – Yalta – Livadia – Bakhchisaray – Chufut-Kale – Mangup – Circassian-Kermen – Tepe-Kermen – Sevastopol – Berezan Island – Kinburn – Ochakov – Olbia – Mykolaiv.

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Author: Telfer John Buchan

Subjects (3): Descriptions of travels in Ukraine, Editions of written sources about the Western Caucasus, Travels in Crimea in late 18 – 19 cent.