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Hommar de Hell X. Travels in the steppes of the Caspian sea, the Crimea, the Caucause etc.

Hommar de Hell X. Travels in the steppes of the Caspian sea, the Crimea, the Caucause etc. – London: Chapman and Hall, 1847. – 436 p.

Language of edition: english

Historical period: 1838 – 1841

1. From Constantinople to Odessa.

2. Odessa. Jews.

3. Emperor family in Odessa. Count Vorontsov. Theater.

4. Trade at the Black Sea and in Odessa. The system of prohibitions and its dire consequences.

5. Navigation and rates of traffic on the Black Sea.

6. Agriculture and industry of southern Russia. Russian workers.

7. Departure from Odessa – Nikolaev – Olbia – Ochakov – Kherson – Dnipro – the ancient burial mounds – steppe.

8. Dangerous crossing the Dnieper. Customs of ukrainians. Easter.

9. Noble elections in Kherson.

10. Tkaterinoslav – Dnieper rapids – German Colony – Zaporizhzhya Sich – Molochna Voda (Dairy Water) – duhobortsi.

11. Mariupol – Berdyansk – Taganrog – Kalmyks.

12. Out of Taganrog – gypsy camp – Rostov – Azov – Nakhichevan and Armenians.

13. Overview of the new Russia. Hostility of Muscovites and Ukrainians. Foreign colonies. The steam-boat on the Dniester.

14. Nobility. The trading class. Serfs. Courts. Gendarmerie colonel. Corruption. Formalism. Neglecting Emperor's and the Senate's orders. Lawlessness – the greatest evil in the courts.

15. Education. Ignorance professors. Barriers to intelligent improvements.

16. Land of the Don Cossacks. Novocherkassk. The memory of Napoleon.

17. The origin of the Don Cossacks. Kirghiz Cossacks – their predecessors. Slavic emigration to the east.

18. A trip along the Don. Cossack village.

19. Volga – Astrakhan – Kalmyks, their customs.

20. Astrakhan. Hindu (perhaps Buddhist) religious ceremony.

21. Trade Astrakhan – in past and today. Fishing in the Caspian. The poor condition of Russian finances.

22. Out of Astrakhan – Caspian Sea coast – camels.

23. Our nomadic life. Camp Kalmyk, their love to the desert. Anxiety attacks of Circassians.

24. Review the history of Kalmyks.

25. The territory of the Kalmyks. Kalmyks Christians. Characteristics of the Kalmyks.

26. Buddhism. Kalmyk priests and ceremony. Polygyny.

27. The Tatars and Mongols. Kipchaks. History and traditions Nogai.

28. Kuma River – Madzhar – view of the Caucasus Mountains.

29. From Georgiev to Mineral Waters. Their history.

30. The situation of Russians in the Caucasus. Fortified lines of Kuban and Terek. The blockade of the sea coast.

31. A look at the last war in the Caucasus. The vital importance of the Caucasus for Russia. Plans for India, central Ahiyu, Bukhara, Khiva. English and Russian trade in Persia.

32. Stavropol. Historical background of Caucasian administration and Black Sea Cossacks.

33. From Stavropol to Taganrog.

34. Departure to Crimea. Balaklava. Monastery of St. George. Sevastopol. Imperial Fleet.

35. Bakhchisarai. The historical fate of Crimea. Khan Palace. Countess Potocki.

36. Simferopol. A trip to Mangup.

37. Baidary – the southern coast of Crimea – Miskhor – Alupka. Commitment great Russian masters to the Crimea.

38. Three famous women.

39. Yalta – Partenit – Sudak.

40. Ruins Sudak – Feodosiya – Moscow vandalism – Kerch peninsula – Pantikapea and her tomb.

41. Political and trade history of Crimea (from the ancient Greeks to the Russian conquest).

42. Trade policy in Russia in the Crimea. Kafa sacrificed in favor of Kerch. Crafts in Crimea.

43. Historical Review Bessarabia.

Categories

Author: Hommar de Hell Xavier

Geographical objects (2): Caspian sea, Caucasus

Subjects (3): Memoirs of 1784 – 1916, Sources on history of St. Petersburg Empire (1700 – 1917), Travels in Crimea in late 18 – 19 cent.