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TRUBETZKOY'S "AFANASII NIKITIN" RECONSIDERED

TRUBETZKOY'S "AFANASII NIKITIN" RECONSIDERED A R T I C L E S GAIL LENHOFF T R U B E T Z K O Y ' S " A F A N A S I I N I K I T I N " R E C O N S I D E R E D One o f the more curious documents in the archives of medieval Rus' is Afanasii Nikitin's tale of his journey to India (1466-72). On a routine trade expedition to the Caucasus, he and his companions were robbed of their pos- sessions and stranded in Shirvan. Rather than return to his native city of Tver', the merchant crossed the Caspian Sea into Persia. There he purchased a horse and, hoping to use it as capital, arranged to have it transported to India. He soon discovered that there were no goods for the Russian market; all "infi- dels" were heavily taxed and under constant pressure to convert to Islam. After a series o f misfortunes and disappointments, he set out for Rus', but died somewhere on the road to Smolensk. His tetrati were brought by mer- chants to Vasilii Mamyrev, then secretary to the grand prince o f Moscow, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian-American Slavic Studies Brill

TRUBETZKOY'S "AFANASII NIKITIN" RECONSIDERED

LENHOFF, GAIL
Canadian-American Slavic Studies , Volume 18 (4): vii – Jan 1, 1984
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© 1984 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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A R T I C L E S GAIL LENHOFF T R U B E T Z K O Y ' S " A F A N A S I I N I K I T I N " R E C O N S I D E R E D One o f the more curious documents in the archives of medieval Rus' is Afanasii Nikitin's tale of his journey to India (1466-72). On a routine trade expedition to the Caucasus, he and his companions were robbed of their pos- sessions and stranded in Shirvan. Rather than return to his native city of Tver', the merchant crossed the Caspian Sea into Persia. There he purchased a horse and, hoping to use it as capital, arranged to have it transported to India. He soon discovered that there were no goods for the Russian market; all "infi- dels" were heavily taxed and under constant pressure to convert to Islam. After a series o f misfortunes and disappointments, he set out for Rus', but died somewhere on the road to Smolensk. His tetrati were brought by mer- chants to Vasilii Mamyrev, then secretary to the grand prince o f Moscow,

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