Afanasy Nikitin

The Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin is known not only as the first Russian to visit India but also as the author of the famous "Journey Beyond the Three Seas" — one of the first monuments of travel prose in our... literature. However, the reasons that sent Nikitin on his unprecedented journey, the details of his biography, and even the exact dates of his travel are still unknown. Journalist from Tver Vladislav Tolstov, in the first book about Afanasy Nikitin in the "Life of Remarkable People" series, not only reconstructs the life path of his hero based on the few preserved details but also writes about the influence of his semi-legendary image on our contemporaries.

Author: Владислав Толстов

Printhouse: Molodaia gvardiia

Series: Life of Remarkable People

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2023

ISBN: 9785235050921

Number of pages: 256

Size: 206x134x15 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 320 g

ID: 1713999

The Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin is known not only as the first Russian to visit India but also as the author of the famous "Journey Beyond the Three Seas" — one of the first monuments of travel prose in our literature. However, the reasons that sent Nikitin on his unprecedented journey, the details of his biography, and even the exact dates of his travel are still unknown. Journalist from Tver Vladislav Tolstov, in the first book about Afanasy Nikitin in the "Life of Remarkable People" series, not only reconstructs the life path of his hero based on the few preserved details but also writes about the influence of his semi-legendary image on our contemporaries.

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