The collection includes the following works: Yuri Lisyansky - Journey around the world on the ship "Niva" in 1803-1806 Alexander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky - Sailor...

“My saber had long been enclosed, and I stood in the interval between the Moscow square and the column of the Guards crew, pulling my hat down and clasping m...

“Using the impression that your last visit to Kronstadt left in you, I hasten to answer the question you asked before: why did I choose a boring type of nava...

“The sky is overcast with clouds, the east wind is rustling between the coastal stones of the spit of the island of Retuzari. Distant rain hides [him] from v...

“I have traveled quite a bit around the world, and if circumstances were not always favorable for observing entire countries, at least I never missed an oppo...

“We are in Holland. “The world met us, and the hopes for which we were chasing here disappeared, like ghosts of the night with the rising of the sun.” While ...

“The postal troika stood at the gate; the suitcase was taken out; I began to say goodbye and thought, having kissed everyone, get on the cart and go, but I h...