Mykhailo Bernov as a Pioneer of Hiking Tourism: Travels through the South of Ukraine and the Crimea (Part IІ. Crimea. Summer, 1895)
Journal: Kyiv Historical Studies
Year: 2023

This article examines the activities of Mykhailo Bernov as one of the founders of hiking tourism in the Russian Empire and Europe, his journey through the Crimea in the summer of 1895, the public updating of knowledge about the region and publishing activity based on his travel notes “From Odessa on foot to Crimea. Letters of a Russian Pedestrian” (St. Petersburg, 1896) and other sources. Attention is focused on the author’s imperial style of thinking and his understanding of the civilizational