“...WITH MICHAEL PETROVICH TO THE EXCAVATIONS...”: CRIMEAN DIARY OF GRAND DUKE SERGEY ALEXANDROVICH, AUGUST 14 - OCTOBER 22, 1878
Journal: Cultural code
Year: 2025

For the first time, the full text of the diary entries of Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich, written during a trip to the Crimea in 1878, is published. On this trip to the south of Russia, it was the first time when Grand Duke was accompanied by an officer of the General Staff, Michael Petrovich Stepanov, who had been appointed to serve under Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich a few months earlier. Grand Duke's stay in Crimea lasted two months and was filled with a lot of events. Together with his fa