Kyiv Academy in Travelogues of the Second Half of the 18th through Mid-19th Centuries
Journal: Kyivan Academy
Year: 2024

During the second half of the 18th century, Kyiv gradually started attracting an increasingly bigger number of travellers, both from the Russian imperial centre and Western countries. In some cases, Kyiv could be the final destination of travel, but in most cases, it was only one of the stops on a journey toward the South, in particular to Crimea. Given the widespread interest of learned travellers in issues of the Enlightenment and education, Kyiv Academy could stir curiosity and arouse a desir