The well-known Russian Indologist, Ivan Minayev's work on Voyage Beyond the Three Seas, a 15 {+t} {+h} century travelogue by Afanasy Nikitin (a Russian merchant and adventurer), developed the original so beautifully as to reflect contemporary India in all its diverse, but integrated, economic, social and cultural facets.
The book starts with two notes: one by Irina Chelysheva on Minayev's contributions to Indian studies, and the other by Minayev himself, ...