Thomas Wallace Knox

Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire

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Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of Central Asia. Experience their encounters with exiles and immerse yourself in a historical overview of the empire from its inception to the present day. Part of The Boy Travellers series by Thomas W....

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Thomas Wallace Knox

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History

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Latest episode

Feb 23, 2026

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Episodes

023 - Chapter 23 - Tiflis Batoum and its Importance Trebizond and Erzeroom Short History of the Crimean Wa 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

022 - Chapter 22 - Turcoman Country Trans-Caspian Railway Skobeleff's Campaign Rivers of Central Asia Agri 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

021 - Chapter 21 - Russian Conquest in Turkestan Kirghese Tribes Russian Taxes Turcoman and Kirghese Raids 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

020 - Chapter 20 - Russian Reception Ceremony Simbirsk Samara and Saratov German Settlers on the Volga Don 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

019 - Chapter 19 - Krasnoyarsk Russian Pronunciation The Oukhaba Road-fever Wolves Tomsk Steam Navigation 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

018 - Chapter 18 - Mai-Mai-Chin Chinese Governor Theatrical Performance Lake Baikal Irkutsk a Long Sleigh- 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

017 - Chapter 17 - Siberian Population Absence of Serfdom A Russian Fete Courtship and Marriage Chetah and 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

016 - Chapter 16 - Exiles of Siberia Perpetual Colonists Lodging-houses and Prisons Convoys an Escape from 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

015 - Chapter 15 - Avatcha Bay Attack upon Petropavlovsk Dogs and Dog-driving Kamtchatka Reindeer The Amoo 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

014 - Chapter 14 - Troitska Monastery European Fairs Minin's Tomb and Tower Down the Volga by Steamboat Ka 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

013 - Chapter 13 - Great Theatre of Moscow Gorod and Dvor Romanoffs the Rulers of Russia Church of the Sav 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

012 - Chapter 12 - Moscow Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Burning of Moscow The Kremlin Anecdotes of Russian 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

011 - Chapter 11 - Novgorod the Great Rurik and his Successors John the Terrible Early History of Russia A 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

010 - Chapter 10 - Winter in Russia Official Opening of the Neva Butter-week Kissing at Easter Russian Sto 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

009 - Chapter 9 - Mujiks The Imperial Nosegay Russian Serfdom Present Condition of the Peasant Class Seein 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

008 - Chapter 8 - Education in Russia Universities in the Empire Religious Liberty Treatment of the Jews T 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

007 - Chapter 7 - Newspapers The Censorship Peterhof Oranienbaum and Cronstadt the Summer Palace Cronstadt 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

006 - Chapter 6 - The Gostinna Dvor Russian Shopping Curious Customs St Alexander Nevski A Persian Train T 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

005 - Chapter 5 - The People Pan-Slavic Union St Isaac's Church the Winter Palace and the Hermitage the Cr 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

004 - Chapter 4 - A Russian Restaurant Russian Tea-drinkers Alexander's Column Fortress of Sts Peter and P 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

003 - Chapter 3 - St Petersburg Isvoshchiks and Droskies Passports Nevski Prospect Church of Kazan Great I 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

002 - Chapter 2 - Russian Frontier Police and the Custom-house Censorship a Smuggler Warsaw to St Petersbu 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

001 - Chapter 1 - Vienna to Cracow Wieliczka Churches and Palaces Underground Subterranean Lake 23.02.2026

Join two adventurous youths and their wise guide as they embark on an exhilarating journey through the vast landscapes of the Russian Empire in this captivating travelogue first published in 1886. Titled Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, this narrative takes readers on a thrilling expedition across Siberia, along the Amoor and Volga rivers, and into the heart of...

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