For the first time, articles on the unification of Italy are published in a separate edition, written by the brother of the famous biologist Ilya Mechnikov, Lev Ilyich Mechnikov (1838–1888), traveler, ethnographer, thinker, linguist, author of the epoch-making treatise “Civilization and the Great Historical Rivers”. Drawing on personal experience and Italian sources, the brilliant essays come together to paint a monumental picture of the Risorgimento. The activities of M. A. Bakunin in Italy date back to the same era, to which a unique memoir essay is dedicated. The collection thematically continues the previously released “Notes of a Garibaldian” by L. I. Mechnikov.