Afanasiy Nikitin’s Journey Beyond the Three Seas: An Orthodox Russian in Medieval India

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  • Dmitry Shlapentokh

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https://doi.org/10.5617/ao.4839

Abstract

Afanisy Nikitin (? - 1472) as a Russian merchant from Tver, a city not far from Moscow. Nikitin visited India in 1446-1472 and described his travels in a short travelogue known as The Journey Beyond Three Seas The story was first discovered in a monastary by Nikolai Karamzin, one of the leading historians of 10th century Russia; and since that time. Journey has fascinated both Russian and Western historians as well as political-thinkers who envisage Russia's special role in Asia. In fact, a bibliography of Journey exists in the Western and RUssian languages. What is the significance of The  Journey Beyond Three Seas?

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