The Peoples of Russia. 4 volumes
Volume 1
JOHANN GOTTLIEB GEORGI
A Description of The Peoples Native to The Russian State, Their Everyday Habits, Customs, Costumes, Dwellings, Practices, Entertainment, Religion and Other Information St. Petersburg, 1776–1799
For Russia the 18th century marked an epoch of remarkable geographical discoveries. At the end of his reign Peter the Great ordered the equipping of an expedition to investigate Russian territory. This took place from 1733 to 1743 and was named the Great Northern Expedition. By order of Catherine the Great, the Russian Academy of Sciences dispatched five more expeditions between 1768 and 1774 to study the natural environment and the way of life and populations from Central Russia to the Far East. One party was led by Johann Gottlieb Georgi, who subsequently wrote a book that combined all the ethnographic knowledge Russian scholars had amassed in the course of the 18th century. This work was based on his own observations, data from other scholars and also the Kunstkamera collection, which included material such as sketches, written records, objects and costumes gathered during previous trips. Georgi’s study represents not only a unique chronicle of scientific history, but also a document that recorded information about the peoples of Russia in what was largely their primordial state.
XVIII век стал для России эпохой Великих географических открытий. В конце своего правления Петр I повелел снарядить для исследования территории страны экспедицию, состоявшуюся в 1733–1743 годах и получившую название Великой Северной. Затем в 1768–1774 годах пять российских экспедиций, снаряженных Академией наук по распоряжению Екатерины II, изучали природу, хозяйство и население страны от Центральной России до Дальнего Востока. Одним из отрядов руководил Иоганн Готлиб Георги, впоследствии создавший труд, который, по сути, обобщил этнографические знания, накопленные российскими учеными в XVIII веке.
Volume 2
CHARLES RECHBERG
The Peoples of Russia, or A Description of The Customs, Habits And Costumes of The Diverse Nationalities of The Russian Empire Paris, 1812–1813
In the early 19th century Russia began to play an increasingly significant role in international political and social life. Western Europe was swept by a fashion for all things Russian, and publishing was no exception: numerous books about the Russian Empire appeared in no time. One of these was initiated by Charles Rechberg, a Bavarian envoy to the Russian court. Rechberg saw a series of drawings the artist Yemelian Korneyev had made during his Russian travels and was eager to publish them. The text was written by Rechberg with the participation of writer and historian Georges-Bernard Lepping. This album gives reliable information on the most varied aspects of the life of Russian peoples, from their costumes to religious ceremonies and folk festivals, and bears witness to the West’s genuine interest in Russia.
В начале XIX века Россия стала играть все более значительную роль в международной политической и общественной жизни. В Западной Европе воцарилась мода на все русское, не оставившая в стороне и книгоиздателей: сразу появилось множество изданий, рассказывающих о Российской империи. Одно из них обязано своим выходом в свет баварскому посланнику при русском дворе Карлу Рехбергу. Он увидел серию рисунков, выполненных художником Емельяном Корнеевым во время путешествий по России, и загорелся желанием их издать.
Volume 3
JEAN BAPTISTE BRETON
Russia, or The Customs, Habits And Costumes of The Inhabitants of All The Provinces of This Empire Paris, 1813
This work can be described as a collection of suppositions about Russia. Attempting to describe our country from other first-hand accounts, the author must caution against being too trustful of the various travellers used as sources, as they give rise to many amusing errors, myths and strange ‘facts’ that bear no relation to reality. However, this publication is in the style of belleslettres and is illustrated with engravings and sketches by two outstanding artists: the Frenchman Michel-François Damame-Demartrais and the Englishman Robert Ker Porter, both of whom made drawings during their travels across Russia.
Издание без преувеличения можно назвать собранием домыслов о России. Автор текста, пытаясь рассказать о нашей стране с чужих слов, слишком доверчиво относился к запискам разных путешественников, и в этой книге оказалось немало вызывающих улыбку ошибок, мифов и странных «фактов», не имеющих отношения к действительности. Однако это беллетристическое произведение иллюстрировано гравюрами, выполненными по рисункам двух блестящих художников: француза Мишеля-Франсуа Дамама-Демартре и англичанина Роберта Кера Портера, сделанным ими с натуры во время путешествий по стране.
Volume 4
GUSTAV THEODOR PAULI
An Ethnographic Description of The Peoples Of Russia St. Petersburg, 1862
This splendid book, published to mark Russia’s millennium and dedicated to the Emperor Alexander II, became a bibliographical rarity almost the moment it appeared. This publication essentially ended the epoch when there were still quite a few uncharted areas on the map of Russia, although centuries-old lifestyles and national traditions had not yet been forgotten in the march to civilisation.
Эта роскошная книга, изданная к 1000-летию России и посвященная императору Александру II, практически сразу после выхода в свет стала библиографической редкостью. По сути, издание закрывает собой эпоху, когда на карте страны оставалось немало белых пятен, а под влиянием наступающей цивилизации еще не начали забываться многовековой уклад жизни и национальные обычаи.
J. G. Georgi. A Description of the Peoples Native to the Russian State, their Everyday Habits, Customs, Costumes, Dwellings, Practices, Entertainment, Religion and Other Information. Moscow: The RUSAL Library, 2007. 128 p., ill.
C. Rechberg. The Peoples of Russia, or A Description of the Customs, Habits and Costumes of the Diverse Nationalities of the Russian Empire. Мoscow: The RUSAL Library, 2007. 152 p., ill.
J. B. Breton. Russia, or the Customs, Habits and Costumes of Inhabitants of all the Provinces of this Empire. Moscow: The RUSAL Library, 2007. 176 p., ill.
G. T. Pauli. An Ethnographic Description of the Peoples of Russia. Мoscow: The RUSAL Library, 2007. 120 p., ill.
Формат 215×297 Твёрдый переплёт, футляр
