The image of Crimea among British travelers Edward Clarke and Reginald Heber at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries
Journal: RUDN Journal of Russian History
Year: 2019

This paper analyses two books by British travellers oﬀering accounts of Crimea in the ﬁrst decades of the Russian period in its history. Crimea became a stage in Western Grand Tour, oﬀering a possibility to view and discuss diﬀerent phenomena: Mediterranean environment, cultural heritage sites, multiethnic populations confessing diﬀerent religions, the change of Crimea’s political status, and the ﬁrst results of Russia’s attempts of its integration. The comparison of these two travelogues with o