Selected pages from the diaries of the outstanding Russian traveler N.M. Przhevalsky - a fascinating story about expeditions to the Ussuri region, Mongolia, China, the Gobi Desert and Tibet. The protected Ussuri taiga, the bare Mongolian steppes, the outlandish landscapes of China, the dangerous mountain paths of Lamaist Tibet, the withering heat of the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts - he went through all this, and more than once, in order to more closely connect its own Far Eastern outskirts with Russia. Thanks to his tireless efforts, Mongolia, China and Tibet became closer to Russia.