בידספיריט | נכס Petrov N. I. Volyn. Historical | 29/11/2020 | The Arc

Petrov N. I. Volyn. Historical destinies of the South-Western region. Published By Batyushkov P. N. - St. Petersburg, Russia. Printing house of The Association ”Public Benefit”, 1888 XVI, 288, 128 p., with 2 chromolithographs under tracing paper and 69 engravings. Hardcover combination with gold lettering of the name and the owner's initials ”D. J. G.” on the spine, regular format (16.5 x 23.5 cm). The binding is worn and damaged; the block is in a condition close to excellent, rare temporary spots, on the last page household spots, cut off for the binding; printing. [The second book, prepared by Professor N. I. Petrov of the Kiev theological Academy, in the series of publications on the history of the Russian West, undertaken by the publisher P. N. Batyushkov in 1887-1890. According to the author: ”At the present time among the most important tasks of the Russian state and society in relation to Volyn applies that to present in a clear light, indigenous the beginning of the Russian nationality and Orthodoxy that developed in the Volyn region in the first time in its history, to designate a third-party and external layers to the root layer of the local Russian population, imposed on him especially Lithuanian and Polish rule, and weaken their action, and finally, to bring into the minds of various strata of the local population the idea of the necessity and inevitability of a complete unification of this suburb of Russia with other indigenous parts of it.” The publication was dedicated to the nine-hundredth anniversary of the Baptism of Russia. Dedicating his work to this event, N. I. Petrov informs readers that ”the book describes only such events from the life of Volhynia that contributed to or hindered the development of Russian nationality and Orthodoxy, and omits events that are not related to this goal.”]