In China

4 hrs. 54 min.

Language Russian

Author Alexander Vereshchagin

Narrator Vladimir Levasheov

Description

In 1900, Aleksandr Vereshchagin was appointed to the Far East, and in 1901–1902 he made several trips through Chinese provinces, visiting Harbin, Port Arthur, Mukden, and Beijing. Based on the materials from these journeys, the book “In China” was written. Not only his passion for traveling drew Vereshchagin—he also sought “to live with the Chinese and get to know them more closely.”

His stories are filled with interesting personal observations and detailed information about a people who “keep growing, getting richer, and becoming more powerful.” The European gaze from the outside made it possible to reveal the distinctiveness of Chinese culture—its special beauty, one that is unlike anything else.