{"product_id":"to-the-far-north-ivan-nikolaevich-akifv-9781501774614","title":"To the Far North: Diary of a Russian World Traveler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis annotated translation of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e To the Far North \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epresents the diary of a twenty-seven-year-old Russian physician who was part of the 1900 expedition to the Chukotka Peninsula to find gold.\u003c\/b\u003e No other account so richly details life along the North Pacific Rim before World War I, especially from a Russian perspective. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume relates the expedition's formation, development, and aftermath and offers unique insights on the region's place in both Russian policymaking and geopolitics. The illustrated diary includes picturesque descriptions of San Francisco, the Nome Gold Rush, Chukchi culture, Petropavlovsk, Vladivostok, and Nagasaki, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew A. Gentes's translation is based on an edition of Akif?'s book that was published in St. Petersburg in 1904. The diary shows how Russian and American views and cultural values clashed over a territory that is today more geopolitically important than ever. By documenting Akif?'s personal travels outside the expedition, \u003ci\u003eTo the Far North\u003c\/i\u003e also demonstrates, in both human and personal terms, the role Russians played in shaping this region's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivan Nikolaevich Akif'?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501774611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501774614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Ivan Nikolaevich Akif'?","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761179619583,"sku":"9781501774614","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a68970a4-eb5e-4f9f-bfb9-148b17f83c52.jpg?v=1706680600","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-the-far-north-ivan-nikolaevich-akifv-9781501774614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}