Publisher's Synopsis
V mae 1791 goda Petr Chelischev, otstavnoj sekund-major, otpravilsya v puteshestvie po severu Rossii. On posetil Olonetskuyu, Arhangelskuyu, Vologodskuyu i Novgorodskuyu gubernii. V dekabre togo zhe goda on uzhe vozvratilsya v Peterburg. Glavnym pobuzhdeniem, kotoroe rukovodilo Chelischevym v ego namerenii sovershit puteshestvie, byla lyuboznatelnost. Kak chelovek iskrenno religioznyj, on takzhe zhelal poklonitsya mnogochislennym svyatynyam russkogo severa. Chelischev ne ogranichivalsya mimoletnymi vpechatleniyami, on sostavil dovolno podrobnoe opisanie svoego puteshestviya. Ego rukopis pod zaglaviem "Podrobnyj zhurnal puteshestviya moego, 27 maya 1791 g." byla priobretena v Moskve v 1883 godu grafom S. D. Sheremetevym i izdana v 1886 godu v Sankt-Peterburge akademikom L. N. Majkovym. Samye raznoobraznye predmety privlekali vnimanie Chelischeva vo vremya ego puteshestviya, nachinaya ot pamyatnikov drevnosti i konchaya melkimi podrobnostyami narodnogo byta i sostavom chinovnikov v gorodah. Osobennoe sochuvstvie nahodit u Chelischeva blagosostoyanie zhitelej. On obstoyatelno opisyvaet narodnye promysly, sostoyanie torgovli, promyshlennosti i sozhaleet o ravnodushii pravitelstva i predstavitelej duhovnogo sosloviya k nuzhdam naseleniya.Avtor privodit interesnye statisticheskie dannye i istoricheskie svedeniya o razlichnyh gorodah i mestnostyah. Pomimo prochego, on obratil vnimanie na mestnye osobennosti yazyka i sobral neskolko severno-russkih mestnyh slov (provintsializmov). Putevye zapiski Chelischeva predstavlyayut bogatyj i tsennyj material dlya izucheniya narodnoj zhizni russkogo severa kontsa XVIII veka. This book, "Puteshestvie po severu Rossii v 1791 godu", by P.I. Chelischev, is a replication of a book originally published before 1886. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.
