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Spencer E. Travels in the Western Causasus...

Spencer E. Travels in the Western Causasus... – London: H. Colburn, , vol. 1 = 16 + 358 p.; vol. 2 = 7 + 374 p.

Language of edition: english

Historical period: 1836

Full title: «Travels in the Western Causasus: including a tour Through Imeritia, Mingrelia, Turkey, Moldavia, Galicia, Silesia and Moravia in 1836".

Volume 1

Circassians or Circassian tribes – Ossetians – the Don and Kuban Cossacks – Kabardians.

The benefits of trade from Circassia with Great Britain. The hostility of Russia to the Great Britain. Benefits to England to preserve the independence of the Caucasus. Russian intention to attack India. How to prevent it.

Caucasian river – Kuban – Elbrus – Anapa – Gelendzhik – a Circassian war against the Russians – Sudjuk Calais – Gagra – Abazins – Adler – Karachay – Nogai.

Volume 2

Departure to Imereti – Kutaisi – Armenians – Samegrelo – Guria – Turkish Lazistan.

The current state of the Ottoman Empire. Nomadic Turks – Khopa – Trebizond – Constantinople.

Varna – Galati – Iasi – Jews – Moldovans – Roma – Boyana.

Chernivtsi – Bukovina – Galicia – Snyatin – Stanislav – Galich – Lviv.

Krakow – Tarnów – Silesia – Moravia – Austria.

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Author: Spencer Edmund

Subjects (3): Descriptions of travels in Ukraine, Editions of written sources about the Western Caucasus, Sources on history of St. Petersburg Empire (1700 – 1917)