Not surprisingly, the first Russian expedition around the world was commanded by a German and a Ukrainian. Not surprisingly, Yuri Lysyansky fell into the shadow of Johann Kruzenstern for two centuries, although he had every reason to be called "Russian Magellan" at least because he finished sailing two weeks before his companion.
However, unlike Kruzenstern, he had to publish his travel notes at his own expense after 6 (!) Refusals of the Admiralty for the simple "Little Russian style" of writing them. At that time, the German lobby in St. Petersburg had finally defeated the Ukrainian one. For the publication, Yuri Lysyansky and his brother had to sell their father's estate in Nizhyn. And he himself brought two volumes of notes and a set of maps to the newly founded lyceum in Nizhyn so that they could wait for the appearance of the Ukrainian lobby in the library. This happened only two centuries later, in independent Ukraine, as evidenced by this reprint.
Two volumes of travel prose under one cover, in modern spelling, with notes and foreword by the compilers ...
