ALEXANDRA BEKASOVA
Biographic Data
| ID | 5236717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | ALEXANDRA BEKASOVA |
| GIVEN NAMES | ALEXANDRA |
| FAMILY NAME | BEKASOVA |
| SIGNATURE | BEKASOVA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research University Higher School of Economics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Voyaging towards the future
This article explores the networking activities of Count Nikolai Rumiantsev and Adam von Krusenstern, his close collaborator. The visionary Russian statesman and the celebrated navigator were deeply involved in northern exploration. They funded and organized a circumnavigating voyage by the brig Rurik in 1815–18, with the explicit goals of searching for a northern passage between Eurasia and North America and conducting a series of scientific inv…
From common rocks to valuable industrial resources
Books that link worlds
Russian guidebooks evolved to become more practical and utilitarian at the end of the nineteenth century, several decades later than in Western Europe. By analysing an extensive number of Russian travel guides, we explore the network of actors who engaged in this transformation. We approach travel guides as complex artefacts that combine social interaction and market logistics integrating elements from the past and present, from different geograp…
Books that link worlds
Russian guidebooks evolved to become more practical and utilitarian at the end of the nineteenth century, several decades later than in Western Europe. By analysing an extensive number of Russian travel guides, we explore the network of actors who engaged in this transformation. We approach travel guides as complex artefacts that combine social interaction and market logistics integrating elements from the past and present, from different geograp…
Books that link worlds
Russian guidebooks evolved to become more practical and utilitarian at the end of the nineteenth century, several decades later than in Western Europe. By analysing an extensive number of Russian travel guides, we explore the network of actors who engaged in this transformation. We approach travel guides as complex artefacts that combine social interaction and market logistics integrating elements from the past and present, from different geograp…
From common rocks to valuable industrial resources
Voyaging towards the future
This article explores the networking activities of Count Nikolai Rumiantsev and Adam von Krusenstern, his close collaborator. The visionary Russian statesman and the celebrated navigator were deeply involved in northern exploration. They funded and organized a circumnavigating voyage by the brig Rurik in 1815–18, with the explicit goals of searching for a northern passage between Eurasia and North America and conducting a series of scientific inv…
Political science (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · History of Science and Natural History (2 works) · Alexander von Humboldt Studies (1 work) · Circulation (fluid dynamics (1 work) · Competition (biology (1 work)