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Lyall R. Travels in Russia, the Krimea [sic!], the Caucasus, and Georgia.

Lyall R. Travels in Russia, the Krimea [sic!], the Caucasus, and Georgia. – London: T. Cadell, 1825, vol. 1 = 24 + 527 p.; vol. 2 = 15 + 534 p.; 24 ill.

Language of edition: english

Historical period: 1822 – 1823

Volume 1:

1. Departure from Moscow – Serpukhov – Tula.

2. Tula – Yasnaya Polyana – Mtsensk – Eagle – Sivsk – Little – Deaf – Nizhyn – handkerchief – Brovary – Kyiv – corruption in the civil administration.

3. Parts of Kyiv – Fortress – Arsenal – Caves Monastery – military hospital – Theatre – Podil. Departure from Kyiv – Vasil’kov – Bohuslav – Korsun – Zvenyhorodka – Jews – Uman – Sophia park – Countess Potocka – Golovanivsk – Bohopol – Kostiantynivka – Oleksandrivka – Voznesensk – Odessa.

4. Description of Odessa – Koblevo – Olbia – Fedorovka – Nikolaev – Kherson.

5. Description of Kherson – Russian taverns – Berislav – Dnieper – Kakhovka – Perekop – Armenian Bazaar – Salt Lake – Simferopol – saber.

6. Bakhchisarai – Palace – Calais – Kara – Inkerman – Sevastopol.

7. Hersonissos – Monastery St. George – Balaklava – Baidary – Simeiz – Alupka – Yalta – Nikita – Gurzuf – Alushta – Kapsyhor – Kutlak.

8. Sudak – depopulation of Crimea – the risk to have an estate in Crimea – colonization of Crimea – Crimean Tatars description – Suuk-Su – Karasu Bazar – Kafa.

9. Kerch – Yeni Kale – Taman – lust for the destruction of Russians – Black Sea Cossacks – Temryuk – Ekaterinodar – Circassians – hrebenski Cossacks – Ul-Labenska – Stavropol – St. George.

10. Scottish colony Caras – Beshtau – Kostyantynohorsk – Kislovodsk – Mount Elbrus – Katerynohrad – Mozdok – Vladikavkaz – Darial.

11. Road Darial gorge – Mount Kazbek – ananuri – dusheti – Mtskheta.

12. Tiflis.

Volume 2:

13. Description of Georgia. Muhrovan – Telavi – kvareli.

14. Graham – Alaverdi – new fortress in Georgia – the state of Persia – prospects for the conquest of India and Turkey Russians.

15. General Yermolov – its administration in Georgia – his embassy to Persia – Echmiadzin – Yerevan – Nakhichevan – Yermolov visit to Tabriz – Persia government.

16. Arrival the Shah of Persia – his attitude to the Embassy Yermolov – moving to Tehran – Persia signing a peace treaty with Russia – a return to Tabriz and Tiflis.

17. Ananuri – prisoners on the way to Siberia – Kazbek – description of Ossetians.

18. Darial – Vladikavkaz – Mozdok – St. George – Stavropol – Novocherkassk.

19. General Platov.

20. The Platov's administration. Departure from Novocherkassk – Taganrog.

21. Steppes – Lugansk metal factory – Starobelsk – Ostrohozk – Voronezh – Elec – Efremov – Tula – Serpukhov – Moscow – Vladimir – Murom – Nizhny Novgorod.

22. Description of Nizhny Novgorod – Moscow. The war in 1812 and Moscow.

23. Assessment of Campaign 1812. Russia – accessible, vulnerable and eve conquerable. Probable fate of the Russian Empire. Description of Russia.

24. Medicine in Russia. The new road from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Petersburg.

Categories

Author: Lyall Robert (1790 – 1841)

Geographical object: Caucasus

Subjects (4): Memoirs of 1784 – 1916, Rest of Asia, Sources on history of St. Petersburg Empire (1700 – 1917), Travels in Crimea in late 18 – 19 cent.