A Russian Paints America
The Travels of Pavel P. Svin'in, 1811-1813
William Benton Whisenhunt author Pavel P Svin'in author Marina Swoboda author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:17th Oct '08
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Pavel Petrovich Svin'in (1787/88-1839) was a painter, diplomat, and journalist who spent two years as part of the first Russian diplomatic mission to the United States. Soon after returning to Russia, Svin'in published a travel narrative of his experiences. This work offers an English translation of Svin'in's memoir.An intriguing travel narrative by a Russian diplomat in America
"This is an important subject, and this Russian's view of America needs more recognition." Norman E. Saul, University of Kansas "An interesting and important early account of American landscape, society, and government, from a point of view largely unknown in North America - that of a moderately progressive Russian official at the time of Alexander I." Paul Bushkovitch, Yale University
ISBN: 9780773534148
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 482g
230 pages