Letters of a Russian Traveller

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18th-century book Russian literary work epistolary travelogue travel literature

Letters of a Russian Traveller is an epistolary travelogue by Nikolai Karamzin that recounts his late-18th-century journey through Europe and helped introduce European Enlightenment ideas and sentimentalism into Russian literature.

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Письма русского путешественника	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century book ⓘ Russian literary work ⓘ epistolary travelogue ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
associatedWith	Russian Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian sentimentalism ⓘ
author	Nikolai Karamzin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russian Empire ⓘ
describes	European culture ⓘ European intellectual life ⓘ European politics ⓘ late-18th-century European society ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage	Russian ⓘ
genre	sentimentalist literature ⓘ travelogue ⓘ
influenced	Russian sentimentalist prose ⓘ development of Russian travel literature ⓘ reception of Enlightenment ideas in Russia ⓘ
influencedBy	European Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ sentimentalism ⓘ
literaryForm	epistolary ⓘ
literarySignificance	important conduit of Western European ideas to Russian readers ⓘ major work of early Russian sentimentalism ⓘ
mainCharacter	Nikolai Karamzin NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	European Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ Sentimentalism ⓘ
narrativeForm	letters ⓘ
narrator	Nikolai Karamzin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	blend of travel narrative and philosophical reflection ⓘ introducing European Enlightenment ideas into Russian literature ⓘ popularizing sentimentalism in Russian prose ⓘ
originalLanguage	Russian ⓘ
period	Russian literature of Catherine the Great’s era ⓘ
publicationPeriod	1791–1801 ⓘ
setting	Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	cultural comparison between Russia and Western Europe ⓘ education through travel ⓘ individual moral development ⓘ sensibility and feeling ⓘ
timeOfJourneyDescribed	late 18th century ⓘ
travelRouteIncludes	England NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
workOf	Nikolai Karamzin NERFINISHED ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Письма русского путешественника