Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof (Registro nro. 118226)
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| control field | 77506 |
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| control field | UtSlPG |
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| control field | 20260610134809.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 05010940 |
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DK |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Seymour, Henry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1820-1877 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
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| General note | Release date is 2025-12-19 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof" by Henry Seymour is a historical and geopolitical travel account written in the mid-19th century. It examines the Crimea, the Sea of Azov, and bordering provinces, combining on-the-ground travel with research to assess geography, peoples, ports, and the naval, military, and commercial resources of southern Russia during the era of the Crimean War.<br/><br/>The opening of the work explains that it is part personal observation and part compilation, based on the author’s visits to the region and on leading studies (notably Dubois de Montpereux, Haxthausen, Tegoborski, and Hommaire de Hell). Seymour outlines his shift from an intended history of the Caucasus to a focused study of the Crimea and Azov shores, argues for free trade on the eastern Black Sea coast, and advocates supporting the independence of the Circassians as a check on Russian expansion. He characterizes Russians as enduring but misdirected by imperial ambition toward Constantinople, urging robust guarantees in any peace. To illustrate Russian methods, he recounts influence operations in Germany and abductions beyond Russia’s borders, and he notes the strategic impact of recent Allied strikes around the Sea of Azov. The narrative then begins a clear, fact-rich survey: the geography and climate of the Crimea; the road network and key towns (Kherson, Nicolaief, Odessa); the history of the Zaporogue Cossacks; and a detailed description of the southern Russian Steppes (black earth, seasons, storms, ravines, tumuli, and wildlife). It proceeds to the isthmus of Perecop—its fortifications and Münnich’s 18th‑century assault—along with coastal hydrography (Karkiníte Gulf, Kilboroun and Otchákow), the Shiváshe lagoon, the Arabat spit, and the approach to Sympherópol. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: John Murray, 1855 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Russia -- Description and travel |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Crimea (Ukraine) -- Description and travel |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/russiaonblacksea00seym/page/n7/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/russiaonblacksea00seym/page/n7/mode/2up</a> |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77506">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77506</a> |
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