Quest for Forbidden Lands

Alexandre Andreyev, Doctor of History, is senior research fellow at the Institute for the History of Science & Technology, St Petersburg branch. He has published monographs and many articles in Russian and English on Russo-Tibetan relations, Buddhism in Russia and exploration of Inner Asia by Russian travelers, including Soviet Russia and Tibet: The Debacle of Secret Diplomacy, 1918-1930s (Brill, 2003), Tibet in the Earliest Photographs by Russian Travelers, 1900-1901 (Delhi, Studio Orientalia, 2013), and Russian Expeditions to Inner Asia: Their Organization, Observations and Collections, 1870-1920s (with T. Gnatiuk and M. Kozhevnikova) (St.Petersburg, Nestor-Istoriia, 2013).Mikhail Baskhanov, Ph.D. (1990) is an independent researcher. He has published monographs, translations and many articles on China, Russian military history and a History of Russian Oriental Studies, including General Lavr Kornilov (London, Skiff Press, 2000), and Russian Military Orientologists before 1917. Biographical-Bibliographical Dictionary (Moscow, Vostochnaia Literatura, 2005).Tatiana Yusupova, Doctor of History, is a senior research fellow at the Institute for the History of Science & Technology, St Petersburg branch. She has published two monographs and many articles on Soviet-Mongolian scientific cooperation and exploration of Inner Asia by P. Kozlov including The Mongolian Committee of the Academy of Sciences: The History of its Creation and Activities, 1925-1953 (St. Petersburg, Nestor-Istoriia, 2006), Travelling as a Lifestyle: The Central Asian Explorer P. Kozlov (St. Petersburg, Nestor-Istoriia, 2016), and (with A. Andreyev) the travel diaries of P. Kozlov’s two expeditions of 1923-1926 (St. Petersburg, Nauka, 2003) and 1907-1909 (St. Petersburg, Nestor-Istoriia, 2016).

• ContentsPrefaceAndreyev, M. Baskhanov, T. YusupovaAcknowledgementsAlexander Andreyev, Tatiana YusupovaList of IllustrationsA Note on Transliteration, Terminology and DatesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Into Inner Asia, in Search for the Unknown: The Russian Explorations and Explorers of the RegionAlexander I. Andreyev1 A Glimpse of History: Early Travelers in the ‘Forbidden Lands’ (From the 13th to the Mid-19th Century)2 The Imperial Russian Geographical Society, P.P. Semenov, and the Onset of Exploration of Inner Asia3 The IRGO – War Ministry Cooperation. The ‘Epic Era’ of Przhevalskii’s Expeditions 4 Exploration and the Great Game 5 Ethnographic Research and the ‘Imperial Visions’ 6 The Final Stage of Explorations: The Academy of Sciences Taking the Lead7 Some Concluding Remarks1 Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii (1839–1888)Alexander I. Andreyev2 Mikhail Vasil’ievich Pevtsov (1843–1902)Mikhail K. Baskhanov3 Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovskii (1856–1910)Alexander I. Andreyev4 Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863–1935)Alexander I. Andreyev, Tatiana I. Yusupova5 Bronislav Liudvigovich Grombchevskii (1855–1926)Mikhail K. Baskhanov6 Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1860–1936)Tatiana I. YusupovaBibliographyIndex

"[...] an extremely useful introduction to the broader place of Przhevalskii’s explorations [...] The Quest for Forbidden Lands admirably succeeds in its stated mission of introducing to a wider audience the influence of Przhevalskii on the expeditions of a range of scientists and geographers, while simultaneously placing his expeditions in a greater context. Seven maps of expeditions, along with countless pertinent drawings and photographs, richly enhance this volume." - Helen Hundley, Wichita State University, in: The Russian Review 78.2 (2019), p.340