From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows A Narrative of a Journey by Sledge over the Snows of European Russia and Siberia, by Caravan Through Mongolia, Across the Gobi Desert and the Great Wall, and by Mule Palanquin Through China to Pekin

To get there we had to go over the marble bridge, which is one of the local wonders. This bridge rises in a saddle-back over a pond, I might say a little lake, and this is surro...

We left Tumen about eight o’clock in the morning. Constantine, thoroughly familiar with Siberian customs, had put into the sledge several bottles of champagne, to provide for wh...

The city of Kazan is not situated on the banks of the Volga. It stands at the distance of at least half a mile from the left bank of this river.

Among other races, natives of the island of Olkhon are occasionally met with in the streets of Irkutsk. The shores of Lake Baikal, before the Russian conquest, had served, from...

Why the Polish exiles cannot escape--Narrative of a attempt by M. Bohdanovitch--Encounter with a bear--Sanitary arrangements in Siberia--Wolf hunts--A blue fox--Different values...

A Mongolian Prince and his Court--Prayer turning--Our life in the desert--The sandy plain--Want of water--Lunar mirage-- Three executions--A traveller astray in the desert--Arri...

Hardly had I arrived at Novgorod, when I wished to begin my journey in a sledge as soon as possible. Thus man is attracted towards unknown adventures, even should he feel he is...

The Kremlin--Equipage and visits of the Virgin of Inverski-- Origin of Christianity in Russia--A few words about Troïtsa--A travelling companion--Purchase of furs--Passage of th...

The thought of death and a future life hovers constantly over this mournful city, and lugubrious religious ceremonies constitute the principal occupation of its fanatical inhabi...

I have spoken of the gold-seekers of Eastern Siberia, and given an instance of their prodigality in the wonderful cigar ash receptacle of M. Kousnietzof. The miners of Irkutsk a...

We found quite a change in the state of the road after leaving Verchni-Oudinsk. The sledge, in the course of a few hours, being no longer supported with a smooth thick layer of...

While breakfasting the following morning at Verchni-Oudinsk, I overheard a singular conversation between three men, who were probably natives of this part, for they declared the...

Social position and education of the country people and citizens-- Uselessness of Siberian forests--Journey to Irkutsk--A pack of wolves--Cleanliness of the villages--Congelatio...

When I had quite made up my mind to pass my winter in Siberia and to proceed in the following spring to Pekin by Mongolia and the Desert of Gobi, my friends, hearing of my proje...

First view of China proper--Last Russian hospitality--The Palankeen--The streets of Kalkann--Travelling along the Great Wall--The Secret Societies--Chinese Art--How order is mai...

We felt the cold becoming rather cutting at the fall of night, and we observed the thermometer already several degrees below zero. We therefore resolved to alight at a Mongolian...

After having travelled over fifty _lies_ since leaving Hrouaé-lach-sien, we arrived at Tchah-tao. This village is picturesquely situated at the foot of a little mountain that ca...

Though Perm is still within the limits of Europe, it has quite the aspect of a Siberian city: the houses are constructed of wood, without upper stories, and disposed without reg...

After we had been journeying nine or ten hours in Asia, we arrived at Catherineburg. This city should serve as an example to many other Russian cities. Its inhabitants are very...

I left Omsk on the 17th of January at one in the afternoon. This day was intensely cold; the thermometer indicated almost fifty degrees! I could hardly open my _bachelique_ when...

I took my departure from Tomsk on the 26th of January. The appearance of the road at first did not differ materially from the one I had recently passed over.

During my sojourn at St. Petersburg, I went of course, and more than once, to see the curiosities with which the city is filled, but it was necessary to remember that I had set...

The Kremlin--Equipage and visits of the Virgin of Inverski-- Origin of Christianity in Russia--A few words about Troïtsa-- A travelling companion--Purchase of furs--Passage of t...

Why the Polish exiles cannot escape--Narrative of an attempt by M. Bohdanovitch--Encounter with a bear--Sanitary arrangements in Siberia--Wolf hunts--A blue fox--Different value...

First view of China proper--Last Russian hospitality--The Palankeen--The streets of Kalkann--Travelling along the Great Wall--The Secret Societies--Chinese art--How order is mai...

A Mongolian Prince and his Court--Prayer turning--Our life in the desert--The sandy plain--Want of water--Lunar mirage-- Three executions--A traveller astray in the desert--Arri...

Social position and education of the country people and citizens-- Uselessness of Siberian forests--Journey to Irkutsk--A pack of wolves--Cleanliness of the villages--Congelatio...

The Virgin of Kazan--Russian manner of expressing disapproval-- Dining with a grandee--His description of the enfranchisement of the serfs--The Tartars--Journey in a sledge--Car...