The Quest for Forbidden Lands - Andreyev, Alexandre I; Baskhanov, Mikhail; Yusupova, Tatyana
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A series of biographical essays of outstanding Russian explorers of Inner Asia of the late nineteenth - early twentieth century, focusing on their pioneer explorations of the uncharted region and their many discoveries.

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A series of biographical essays of outstanding Russian explorers of Inner Asia of the late nineteenth - early twentieth century, focusing on their pioneer explorations of the uncharted region and their many discoveries.
Autorenporträt
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).