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Alexander J. E. Travels to the seat of war in the East, through Russia and Crimea in 1829.

Alexander J. E. Travels to the seat of war in the East, through Russia and Crimea in 1829. – London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830, vol. 1 = 15 + 308 р.; vol. 2 = 12 + 327 p.

Language of edition: english

Historical period: 1829

Vol. 1

1. Hamburg – Lubeck – Revel.

2. Revel – Kronstadt – Baltic Fleet – Petersburg.

3 – 4. Petersburg.

5. The army camp in the Red Village. Russian army.

6. Gold Mines. Customs Russians.

7. Departure from St. Petersburg to the theater of war. Novgorod – Tver – Moscow. Persian prince. Detailed description of the murder of the Russian ambassador in Tehran.

8. Description of Moscow. Big fair in Nizhny Novgorod on the border of Siberia [sic!].

9. Admission Persian Prince Khosrow Mirza in Moscow. Moscow nobility.

10. Departure from Moscow – Tula – Kursk – Ukraine and its people – Belgorod – Kharkiv – Poltava – steppes – Kremenchug – Dnipro – Yelisavetgrad – Nikolaev.

11. Description of Nikolaev – Kherson – Nogai – Perekop – Simferopol – Bakhchisaray – Calais – Sevastopol.

12. Description of Sevastopol – Inkerman – Hersonissos – Mangup – the monastery of St. George – Baidary – Alupka – Yalta – Sudak – Feodosiya – Karasu Bazar – return to Sevastopol.

Description Antiquities (mounds, coins, sculptures, Greek and Roman inscriptions).

Vol. 2

1. Swimming on the Black Sea – Varna – Sozopol – evaluation of the Black Sea Fleet.

2. Sozopolska expedition – block Bosphorus – evaluation of the Turkish fleet – Battle of the brig "Mercury" with two Turkish battleships.

3. The fall of Silistra. Paskevich captures Erzurum. The Russians crossed the Balkans. Interests Burgas.

4. Fight for Ahatopul.

5. Going to the media. Navy arrives in Sozopol and Mesemvriyi. Visit Nicholas 1st. Feldmarshal Dibich moves at Adrianople.

6. The trip from Varna to Russian army headquarters. Meeting with Dibicha. Assessment of the Russian army.

7. Adrianople.

8. Events in Turkey. Prospects of the Russian campaign in India. War England against Russia was not probable. Making peace. Birhas – Sozopol.

9. Swimming with Russian fleet in Mesembria. Arrival in Odessa. Sevastopol – visit to St. Petersburg.

10. Cold winter 1829 – 30 years. Frozen Dnipro – Mykolaiv – Yelisavetgrad – Kyiv – Jews – Vitebsk – Petersburg.

11. Petersburg in winter. Vyborg – Finland – Helsingfors – Abo – Aland islands – Stockholm.

12. Description Stockholm – Landskrona – Copenhagen – Hamburg – arrival in England.

Categories

Author: Alexander James Edward (1803 – 1885)

Subjects (4): Bulgaria, Descriptions of travels in Ukraine, Memoirs of 1784 – 1916, Travels in Crimea in late 18 – 19 cent.