Abkhazia in Russian Literature of the 19th  — 20th Centuries: in 3 vols. Vol. 1

About eх. editor:

Marina I. Shcherbakova, DSc in Philology, Professor, Director of Research, А.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 а, 121069 Moscow, Russia.

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CONTENT

CONTENT

Russians tell of Soul Land

I. Abkhazia through the eyes of Russian
researchers and travellers

Avidzba V.Sh. Abkhazia in books published by Russian authors of the 19th century

Anchabadze Yu.D. Abkhaz lectures by Anatoliy Genko

Anchabadze Yu.D. “One of the most interesting peoples of the Caucasus...”
lectures by Anatoliy Genko of Abkhazians ethnography

II. «Artistic Ethnography» of Abkhazia
in Baron Fjodor Tornau’s book «Memories of a Caucasian Officer»

Avidzba R.L. «Memories of a Caucasian Officer», the main work of Fjodor Tornau

vidzba R.L. Abkhazia under the pen of Fjodor Tornau

III. Land of the Apostolic Sermon

Shcherbakova M.I. Andrey Murav’yov’s travel in Abkhazia

Shcherbakova M.I. Hieromonk Arseniy (worldly Aleksandr Minin) —
founder of the New Athos Monastery Named after Simon the Canaanean

IV. Pages of history of Abkhazia
in documents of the Manuscripts Department
of the Russian State Library

Krutova M.S. The 1884–1890 letters of the brethren of New Athos
Monastery, named after Simon the Canaanean,
to Archimandrite Leonid (worldly Lev Kavelin)

Krutova M.S. Manuscript about the claims of the Onomatodoxists to Pitsunda skete of the New Athos Monastery

Krutova M.S. «Just as if you pay a visit to paradise and forget about everything…»
Essay by E. Dyakonova about Abkhazia

V. Russian press in Abkhazia

Sterlikova S.A. Bishop Andrey (worldly Aleksandr Ukhtomskiy) —
founder of the journal “Employee of Transcaucasian Mission”

VI. Abkhazia in a photographic objective

Нagba E.Z. Abkhazia for tourists. Letters, postcards, photo cards