Russian Military Intelligence on Asia Online Secret Prints, 1883-1914

The bulk of the Secret Prints consists of first-hand accounts composed by contemporary travelers to lesser-known reaches of Asia. Most were Russian army officers, many of whom had extensive training in geography and related disciplines.

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01: Notes on Manchuria, by Barabash and Matiunin. Thoughts on a possible war against China and an analysis of the border regions, by Przheval'skii. Itineraries to Beijing, by Evtiugin and Vanin
Date: 1883
02: Military review of the eastern border strip in Semirechenskaia region / compiled by capt. Tikhmenev of the General Staff and engineer capt. Poslavskii
Date: 1883
03: The armed forces of China and Japan by lieutenant-colonel Butakov of the General Staff
Date: 1883
04: The present state of the Persian army (1877) by major general Frankini. Essay on the Persian armed forces in 1833: 1) Historical preface and 2) Composition of the population by tribes and provinces, by lieutenant colonel Koliubakin of the General Staff. Geographic description of Syria by major general Zelenyi
Date: 1883
05: Journey through Bukharan and Afghan possessions (1877), by lieutenant colonel Matveev of the General Staff. Journey from Samarkand across Afghanistan to Herat, by lieutenant colonel Grodekov of the General Staff (1878). Note on the routes from the Transcaspian territory to Herat, by major general Grodekov. Note on the military train for troops of the Turkestan military district, by major general Kuropatkin
Date: 1883
06: Engineer P.M. Lessar: 1) Routes from Ashkhabad to Herat in 1882, 2) Distribution of water in Kalat and Darreh Gaz between these khanates and Atek, 3) Khans of Merv; situation in Merv and Atek in 1882, 4) Sands of the Kara-Kum, routes of communication from the Transcaspian region to Khiva, Merv, Bukhara, 1883. Uzboy and Unguz, 1883. Note on the Merv Turkmen, by baron Benoist-Méchin, 1883. Routes between the oases of Teka and Khiva, 1881, by lieutenant Kalitin. The road from Ashkhabad to Merv, 1882, by cornet Sokolov, and the road from Kakhk via Teze-Derbent and Serakhs to Mussyn-abad, by ensign Khabashov
Date: 1883
07: Topographic description of the route travelled in North-West Mongolia by Orlov, 1879. Extract from an account on a journey to Ninguta and the itinerary to Ninguta by Matiunin, 1878. Journey via Ninguta to Hunchun, by Matiunin and Tarnovskii, 1881. Journey to Hunchun, by Leidenius, Kostorskii, and Golovin. The road from Ekaterino-Nikol'skoe to the Songhua by Zborovskii, 1881. Note on China, by Shulygin, 1882. Note on Manchuria, by Barabash, 1872. Journey to Qiqihar, by Malevich, 1863. The route from Staro-Tsurukhaitui to Aigun, by the Butin brothers, 1881. The road from st. Vidnaia to the pass between the upper reaches of the rivers Nora and Serakhin, by Mel'nitskii. Technical progress in China 1882 (translated from English)
Date: 1884
08: Review of wars fought by Europeans against China in 1840-42, 1856-58, 1859 and 1860, by lt. col. Butakov of the General Staff and captain baron Tizengauzen
Date: 1884
09: Information about the route to Central Asia via the Mertvyi Kultuk, across the Ustiurt and along the Amu Darya
Date: 1884
10: Essay on the expedition of capt. Putiata of the General Staff to the Pamir, Sarykol, Wakhan and Shugnan in 1883. Reconnaissance of the plains of the khanate of Bukhara in 1883 by captain Arkhipov of the General Staff. The Forsyth mission to Yarkund in 1873. English itineraries from the Indus to Kalat and Quetta. Information on West Baluchistan
Date: 1884
11: Essay on the Persian armed forces in 1883 (continuation). The population of Khorasan including Sistan and Kuhistan by lieutenant colonel Koliubakin of the General Staff. The modern Persian artillery (1883) by capt. Kublitskii. The Ubeydullah rebellion of 1880, by K.P. Kamsarakan. Reports by Dixon on the roads in Persia. Geographic notes by Wilson on Asia Minor
Date: 1884
12: The Middle Kingdom by Williams. The Dungans, according to Bellew and Von Richthofen. Information about Korea, taken from articles by Plauchut and Carles. Biography of Li Hongzhang. The railways and telegraph in China. Changes in the armed forces and military preparations of China. The new structure of the territory of Tien-Shan
Date: 1884
13: South-West Turkmenia in 1884 by P.M. Lessar. Description of the journey along the banks of the Tedzhen-Hari-Rud in 1884 by N.V. Charykov. Sipekhsaliari-Azam's journey to Kalat in 1881
Date: 1884
14: Korea by Griffis, the Chinese troops, and the military classics of baron de Contenson. Notes on China by a Chinese officer. The armed forces of China. The mobilization of the Chinese army. The fortifications on the river Peiho. The movement of population in China . The newest French writings on China. The armed forces of Japan, by Bougouin, part 1. Journey from Blagoveshchensk to Qiqihar in 1884 by Evtiugin
Date: 1885
15: The route from Tsesarevich bay across the Ustiurt to Kungrad 1884 by Beliavskii. The route from Kyzyl-Arvat via Igdy to Petro-Aleksandrovsk in 1884 by Gedeonov. The route from Petro-Aleksandrovsk to Merv and the description of the Amu Darya up to Chardzhou by Andreev. Note on the river Atrek by Makarov. Essay on the Transcaspian region in 1885 by Meier. The routes that are liable to improvement in the interests of Russian trade in the Bukharan possessions, by Charykov, and Afghanistan and Afghan Turkestan, taken from the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The khanate of Kunduz. Note on the north-western border strip of Afghanistan
Date: 1885
16: The siege of Herat in 1837-38 and new information about Herat. Extract from Khanykov's work on the southern part of Central Asia. The situation in Central Asia according to French sources. Tairov's journey from Serakhs to Mashhad in 1885. Journeys of baron Benoist-Méchin across Turkestan and De Mailly-Chalon in Manchuria. The English boundary commission in Afghanistan. The economic situation in India in 1883. The north-west border of India. The troops of the semi-independent possessions in India. The campaign of Alexander the Great into India and Persia. Napoleon's project of subjugation of India
Date: 1885
17: The commercial and economic situation in Korea. Chinese progress, by professor Vasil'ev. The political and economic condition of Japan in 1884, by baron Shlippenbakh. Report by the Austrian consul in Tokyo, 1881. Extract from the China Review from 1872-74. The armed forces of China and Japan according to Löbell's Jahresberichte 1885
Date: 1885
18: Military, political and economic information about western China for 1884. The political and economic situation in China and especially in Shanghai in 1880. Report of the Austro-Hungarian consul Le Bidart. The armed forces of Japan, by captain Bougouin, part 2. Report of the Russian consul in Fuzhou, N. Shuiskii, for 1884. Extract from the reports from Japan by English diplomatic and consular agents
Date: 1885
19: Extract from a work on military transport by Furse. Lebanon and the Lebanese, by K.D. Petkovich. The itinerary from Erzurum tu Mosul, by collegiate assessor Kartsov, 1883
Date: 1885
20: Report by N. Peshkov about the road building work in various vilayets of the Turkish Empire, 1884. Extract from the reports by Austrian consuls in Asia Minor in 1883. Geographic notes of the Afghan boundary commission, by Gol'dich. Reports by Dixon and Ross on Persia. India in the Encyclopaedia Britannica
Date: 1886
21: Quartermaster-related information about Bukhara, by Gintyllo, 1885. Reconnaisance of the possessons of Bukhara in 1884 and 1885, by Petrov. The Establishment of Russian rule in Atek, by Kuz'min-Karavaev, 1885. The valley of Herat and the Persian border from Hari-Rud to Sistan, by Stewart, 1885. The rivers of the Punjab. by Maclagan. The state of commerce in India according to accounts of the American consuls in Calcutta, by Matson (in 1883) and Leonard (in 1885). Burma and the Burmese by Colquhoun, 1886. Burma - the latest annexation to the Indian Empire, 1886
Date: 1886
22: Report on Kashgaria, by Petrov. The situation in Mongolia, by Shishmarev. Essay on Korea, by prince Dadeshkaliani. A forbidden land, by Oppert. The land and naval forces of China, by Daryl. The Chinese tactics in Tonkin. Information about China from reports by American consuls. Report by Zhang Zhidong, governor-general of Canton, about necessary changes
Date: 1886
23: A project of expeditions to India, proposed by Napoleon Bonaparte to the emperors Paul and Alexander I in 1800 and in 1807-1808, by lieutenant colonel Batorskii of the General Staff. Note on the possibility to equip a Russian expedition to India, by Pl. Chikhachev. Report by general Andreini about the state of industry and commerce in Persia. Itinerary descriptions of the routes between Ashkhabad and Mashhad, by colonel Iu.D. Mel'nitskii of the General Staff
Date: 1886
24: On the present state of the armed forces of China in the Tarbagatai and Ili regions, by major general Shchetinin, 1885. The present state of the armed forces in East Turkestan, by captain Galkin, 1885. Account by general Li-Pao (Pauli) about the state of the troops in Tianjin and the fortifications of Taku and Petang. Project on teaching and internal rules in military schools. Defense plan of Beijing (translated from German). The reorganization of the Chinese army and navy (taken from Löbell's yearbook)
Date: 1886
25: Letters from Persia by E. Belozerskii, 1885-86. Additional information about the route to Central Asia from Tsesarevich bay, across the Ustiurt and along the Amu Darya, by colonel Beliavskii. Statistical information on the provinces of Gilan and Shahrud-Bastam for 1879-81, reported by I.A. Zinov'ev. Essay on the Bukharan possessions on the left bank of the river Piandzh, 1886, by captain Pokotilo of the General Staff. Short statistical information on the Ersari tribes living on the left bank of the Amu Darya between Bosaga and Chardzhou, 1886, by capt. Komarov of the General Staff
Date: 1887
26: Extract from the work of the Danish colonel Hoskiær on his trip to China, Japan and India. Extract from the Danish work of mandarin Henningsen on the Celestial Empire, 1887. Journey to Manchuria, to the Changbai Shan mountains and the upper reaches of the river Songhua. Short essay on Korea, by capt. Kalnin of the General Staff. Military and statistical description of the Russian-Chinese border, along the river Argun' from Dalai-Nor lake to Ust'-Strelka, 1881-82, by major Ovsia͡͡nyi. Material for the study of the Ussuriiskii territory, by lieutenant colonel Nadarov of the General Staff. China: the sleep and the awakening, by marquess Zeng, 1887. Account of the mission to the Commander Islands, 1884-85, by lieutenant colonel Voloshinov of the General Staff
Date: 1887
27: The North Ussuriiskii territory, by Nadarov. Journey to Sakhalin in 1885-86, by Garnak. On the attitude of Europeans towards China, by Pozdneev. French trade with China and Japan between 1880 and 1885, by baron Tizengauzen
Date: 1887
28: Dzungaria : military and statistical essay, by colonel L.F. Kostenko of the General Staff. With 6 appendices and a map
Date: 1887
29: Information about Kafiristan, by Lessar. Extract from a journey by Hedin through Persia, Mesopotamia and the Caucasus. The new Afghan border, by Ridgeway. Statistical data on the Transcaspian region, by Iu. Mel'nitskii. The itinerary, followed by Yate, from Herat to Mashhad. The Persian armed forces, according to Löbell's yearbook
Date: 1888
30: The conditions and methods ensuring success in a clash with China, by Barabash. The railways of the future in China, by Kreitner. Project of the organization of the army and navy, by Dunn. Dolon-Nor, by Pozdneev. The military and technical schools in Tianjin. The armed forces of China according to Löbells Jahresbericht 1887. A journey through Chinese Turkestan and along the northern border of Tibet, by Carey. Itinerary from Kobdo to Suzhou, by Vasenev
Date: 1888
31: Materials for the military statistical review of the Priamurskii military district and Manchuria by colonel Nazarov of the General Staff. Military statistical essay about the Amurskaia region, section 1: Geographical and topographical information (including treaties with China actually in force)
Date: 1888
32: The troops of North China that were subject to reorganization. Description of Port Arthur (Lüshunkou). Essay on the pass at Gubeikou. Journey north and east of Beijing. Report by Fulford of his 7 month journey through Manchuria. Information about Manchuria, collected by the staff of Priamurskii district. Description of the part of the Amurskaia region between the rivers Bureia and Amgun', by prince Dadeshkaliani. How to travel, by N.M. Przheval'skii. Account on Chinese trade in 1885 and description of the most important ports, by Haas
Date: 1888
33: The present state of commerce of Bukhara, by V. Klem. Short statistical description of Karategin by captain Vasil'ev of the General Staff. Baluchistan and the new Indian province, by Thornton. Through Persia, Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, by Hedin, part II
Date: 1888
34: Military strength and stationing of the Chinese army in 1884, including units formed in 1885, 1886, and 1887. Description of the route from Staro-Tsurukhaitui watchpost to Beijing along the western slope of the Greater Hinggan range, by colonel Garnak of the General Staff, 1887 Description of the road from Blagoveshchensk via Qiqihar to Xifengkou and Beijing, by captain Resin
Date: 1888
35: Essay on the situation in the armed forces of China in regions of Dzungaria and East Turkestan that border Russia, 1887, by captain Galkin of the General Staff. A short description of Fergana, 1886, by captain Trusov of the General Staff. A short military topographical review of the south-eastern part of the Fergana region, 1886, by lieutenant colonel Smirnov of the General Staff. Medical notes on account of a field journey to the Alai, 1886, by civil counsellor surgeon Andreev
Date: 1888
36: Short essay on Bukhara, by colonel Matveev of the General Staff. Kuhistan and the northern part of Gissar beylik, by captain Liliental' of the General Staff. Description of the route from Khodzhent through the pass (Iangi-Sabak) to the Zeravshan valley and further to Samarkand, by captain prince Begil'deev of the General Staff. Reconnaissance of the route through Shakhriziabs, by captain Trusov of the General Staff. Reconnaissance of the routes through the pass of Dzham to Karshi and Guzar, by colonel Evreinov of the General Staff. Journey through Central Asia from Manchuria and Beijing to Kashmir through the Muztagh pass, by lieutenant Younghusband
Date: 1888
37: Specimen of a military statistical essay on Mongolia, by colonel A.A. Batorskii of the General Staff. With 4 appendices and 2 maps. Part I
Date: 1889
38: Account of a journey across Manchuria via Yingkou, Mukden, Jilin, Lalin, Ashikho, Paiensusu, San Sing, Ninguta, Hunchun to Vladivostok, 1888, by colonel Putiata of the General Staff. Diary of P.M. Delotkevich of his journey on foot from Seoul to Pos'et across northern Korea, 1885-86
Date: 1889
39: Colonel Putiata of the General Staff: The armed forces of China and the principles of the art of war in the interpretation of ancient Chinese military leaders. Coastal defenses of Canton in 1886. Notes on Port Arthur. Information about the Chinese troops in Hunchun in 1888
Date: 1889
40: The Russian-Persian border between the Transcaspian region and Khorasan, by colonel Kuz'min-Korovaev of the General Staff. Description of the route from Tehran to Bender-Bushir and the journey to Mazandaran by guard lieutenant Bliumer. A short essay on Baluchistan. A short essay on Geshtadan
Date: 1889
41: Military roads of communication on the Indian-Afghan border, by P.M. Lessar. The railway issue in China, by colonel Putiata of the General Staff. The military campaigns of the founders of the Dai Qing dynasty. On the higher state institutions in China. State of the Northern squadron. The defense of the Yangtze. The state of the Chinese troops in the Hunchun area in 1889, by lieutenant colonel Sokolovskii of the General Staff. Journey to Korea in 1889, by lieutenant colonel Vebel' of the General Staff
Date: 1890
42: Colonel Putiata of the General Staff: Combined manoeuvre with different types of old Chinese weapons. The Chinese budget. The prohibition to the Chinese to settle on Manchurian land; the Tianjin-Tongzhou railway and those in Manchuria. The state of Heilongjiang province. The great central Asian trade route from Beijing to Kashgaria, by Bell. Journey along the Songhua to San Sing. The Persian army (translated from English)
Date: 1890
43: The defense of India, by McGregor. Part 1. With a map
Date: 1891
44: The defense of India, by McGregor. Part 2
Date: 1891
45: Bernov: Journey through Mongolia and Manchuria, 1889. Ragoza: The Pos'et area. Putiata: Essay on the Chinese military economy. Stationing of troops in western China. Essay on Chinese life. The Anglo-Afghan railway
Date: 1891
46: Bell: The defense of India; A German view of the defense of India; note on the north-western scientific boundary of India. Jung: The Punjab. Strel'bitskii. Journey through East Khorasan in 1890
Date: 1891
47: Bukhara, by lieutenant colonel Poslavskii. Information about the towns in Afghanistan. Journey by Sir R. Sandeman through south Baluchistan. Part 1; The Anglo-Russian question in Asia and the defense of India
Date: 1891
48: Mongolia : attempt at a military statistical essay, by A.A. Batorskii, commander of the 2nd St. Petersburg Regiment of Dragoons "General field marshall prince Men'shikov". With 41 itineraries and 2 maps. Part II
Date: 1891
49: The railway question in Asia Minor, by N. Charykov. Railway concessions in Asian Turkey, by Maksimov. The road from Qazvin through Rasht, Ardabil, Zanjan back to Qazvin. The stationing of the Persian army and the state of the garrison at Tabriz, by guards lieutenant Bliumer. The coastal area between Astara and Anzali, by lieutenant colonel Kossogovskii of the General Staff. The Persian army, according to a competent source. Journey through eastern Persia, by lieutenant Vogan. Account by general Gordon on his journey from Tehran to the Karun river. Higher civil and military government in India
Date: 1891
50: Short review of the Pamir, by capt. Skerskii. Journey through the Pamir, by Littledale and Younghusband. The river Karun. Journey by Biddulph across Persia and Russian Central Asia. Journey by Rockhill across Mongolia, China, and Tibet. Journey by Lansdell trip across Little Tibet. Journey by Campbell trip across Korea. Reconnaissance of the Siberian arterial route in Transbaikal region, by staff capt. Grulev of the General Staff. Preliminary report on the Greater Hinggan range expedition, by colonel Putiata of the General Staff, with notes by lieutenant Borodovskii on the flora and fauna of the country. The stationing of the Afghan troops. The fortifications of Dalianwan
Date: 1892
51: Shanhaiguan, by colonel Putiata. The Asterabad-Shahrud-Bustam region and northern Khorasan, by staff captain Artamonov. Preliminary essay on a journey to Persia, by captain Strel'bitskii. Review of Transbaikal, by staff captain Grulev. Part 1. The billeting schedule of Chinese troops. Heilongjiang province. Religious superstitions and prejudices among the Chinese. Note on the troops in Ili. The renewal of Chuguchak fortress. On the fortification plans for Port Arthur. Erzincan. The situation of the English at Bushire consulate
Date: 1892
52: Extract from a report by P.M. Vlasov on a journey across the northern Khorasan districts in 1892, with appendix. Persia and the Persian question, by George Curzon
Date: 1893
53: The Manchurian railway, by colonel Vogan. China from an engineering point of view, by colonel Vogan. Journey by English customs officials in China, along the river Yangtze and over land. About the fortified camp at Pishin. The road through the Kunar valley to the Indus valley. Notes on Mr. Dauvergne's travels in Chinese Turkestan. Journey across Tibet in 1891, by captain Bower. Notes from the Far East (on Japan, Korea, and China). Pamir - a geographical and political essay, by Delmar-Morgan. Descent of the Russians into India, by Younghusband. Chitral. Extract from two letters by Conway about his expedition to the Karakoram range in 1892. The land of the Chilas. The land of the upper Karun and the Bakhtiari Lurs, by Mrs. Bishop. Report by the British consul on Korean trade in 1891
Date: 1893
54: Route from Tabriz to Zanjan, by staff captain Bliumer. Route from Tehran to the Persian Gulf, by first lieutenant Baron Von der Hoven. Persian trade in 1887. The development of the telegraph network in China. The inspection of the troops of the governor general of Shengan. Numbers and stationing of Chinese troops of the Yung-bing and Lian-jun categories in Manchuria in April, 1892. The economical situation in Japan in 1891 and 1892. Note on Korea, by colonel Vogan. Where three Empires meet, by Knight. The defense of India. Is India in danger? India between two fires, by Curzon. The railways of North-West India. Through the Khyber pass, by Wilkinson. The Afghan dilemma. Russia and the Pamirs
Date: 1893
55: The Hinggan expedition; description of the route followed, by colonel Putiata of the General Staff. The navigability of the Songhua, by colonel Vebel' of the General Staff. The arsenal and ordnance factory in Kiangnan (near Shanghai) in 1893, by colonel Vogan of the General Staff. The Siberian railway. Notes on the Chinese army by a former instructor. The railway on the island of Formosa. The big manoeuvres in Japan in 1892. The political situation in Japan
Date: 1894
56: The Pamirs, by captain Kuznetsov. The reconnaissance of the routes: 1. Tashkurgan - Sarez, 2. Markansu - Kashgar and 3. Kashgar - Sarykol - Rangkul', by captain Bedriaga. Extract from a report by captain Vannovskii on a journey to Rushan and Darvaz. Statistical information on the Darreh Gaz, Quchan, Bojnurd, and Kalat districts and a short review on Khorasan, by P.M. Vlasov. The Miranzai expedition, by lieutenant Gordon. Extract from a report on the population census in India in 1891, by Mr. Black
Date: 1894
57: Short military statistical essay on the area in the khanate of Bukhara and the southern part of the Samarkand region, in which General Staff officers of the Turkestan military district made a journey in 1889, by colonel Galkin of the General Staff. Absolute elevations, measured by major general Matveev of the General Staff in 1889. Itineraries for military transport out of Samarkand. The Amu Darya river between the cities of Kerki and Kelif within Bukharan land, and the river bank road, reconnaisance made by capt. Vereshchagin of the General Staff. Description of the reconnoitred stretch, including the traversed routes within Shaar-Sabiz, Gissar beylik, and part of the upper Derbent highlands, by colonel Beliavskii of the General Staff. Statistical review of Gissar beylik and part of Kilif beylik, by colonel Fedorov of the General Staff. Description of the route from Gissar to Kerki, reconnoitred by captain Puare of the Turkestan artillery brigade. Description of the route from Samarkand to the city of Karataga via the Mura pass, compiled by colonel Stetkevich of the General Staff. The Karatag Darya basin, by colonel Stetkevich of the General Staff. Gissar and Kabadian beyliks, by captain Liliental' of the General Staff. Itineraries in Gissar and Kabadian beyliks. by captain Liliental' of the General Staff. Military statistical description of the central and southern parts of Surkhan valley, by lieutenant colonel Galkin of the General Staff. Description of the itineraries in the valley of the Surkhan on its right bank, compiled by lieutenant colonel Galkin of the General Staff. Itinerary from the city of Denau to Patta-Gissar, compiled by lieutenant Karaul'shchikov of the 1st Turkestan line battalion. Statistical material for the description of Bukhara. Shirabad beylik and a part of Baisun beylik, by captain Vasil'ev of the General Staff. Itinerary description from Kelif to Patta-kissar, by captain Vasil'ev of the General Staff. Itinerary description from the city of Shirabad to Baisun, by captain Vasil'ev of the General Staff. Tien-Shan : Fergana. Kashgar and Alai ranges, by colonel Zholtanovskii
Date: 1894
58: N.G. Matiunin: On the relations of Korea with other countries; Notes on the Chinese, living on the right bank of the Amur. K.I. Vogak: Article from the Shipao newspaper on Heilongjiang province; Description of Jiaozhou bay. D.V. Putiata: statistics on Japan; Korean trade in 1893. N. Barneman: Note on the itineraries along the post roads in Xinjiang province. A. Ostolopov: The ports of Lazarev and Shestakov
Date: 1894
59: Colonel Putiata of the General Staff: China : a geographical essay; Population; State budget and foreign trade; Armed forces; The Russo-Chinese border
Date: 1895
60: Extract from the reports by colonel Vogak of the General Staff
Date: 1895
61: Extract from the reports by colonel Vogak of the General Staff (continuation of vol. 60)
Date: 1895
62: Map, showing the distribution of the Armenian population in Turkish Armenia and Kurdistan, with an explanatory note by lieutenant general Zelenyi and lieutenant colonel Sysoev. Note on East Khorasan, by lieutenant colonel Strel'bitskii. Description of the itineraries Tehran-Sherestanek-Valiabad-Baude-Sare-Chaulus; Sare-Chaulus-Sarinkala-Makhmudabad-Meshedesser; Enzeli-Resht-Kazvin; and Kazvin-Tehran, by cavalry captain Bel'gard
Date: 1895
63: Journey across eastern Persia by lieutenant Baumgarten of the Leib Guard Volhynian regiment in 1894 (geographical and commercial investigation)
Date: 1896
64: Kafiristan, by Dr. Robertson. Emir Abdur Rahman. A short description of the valley of Tochi. The future of Chitral. Political view of Curzon on Chitral. The defense of fort Chitral. Burma and its inhabitants, by Hertz. Journey across Mongolia and Tibet, by Woodville Rockhill. Journey through Central Asia, by Littledale. A short essay on the road from Hailar to Qiqihar, by lieut. col. Strel'bitskii of the General Staff. Review of the routes leading from the South Ussuriiskii territory to north-eastern Manchuria. Review on foreign trade of Korea in 1893. Report on the expedition to the upper reaches of the Amu Darya in 1894, by rear admiral Baturin. Letter by major Raverty, containing information on the population of the lands situated along the route taken by the Chitral expedition detachment (1895), and on the route itself. Kurdistan, by captain Maunsell. The English military operations in Chitral in April, 1895. Notes on mobilization in India, by col. Ermolov of the General Staff. The Korean budget in 1896, by col. Vogak of the General Staff. The natural defense lines of India and the Afghan passes, by col. Gann
Date: 1896
65: From the Caspian Sea to the Strait of Hormuz and back, 1894 (topographical and statistical materials on Persia gathered on the way), by staff captain Tumanskii of the Guards Artillery. Essay on the situation in the lower Hindu Kush possessions of the Indian Empire and Kafiristan, by P.E. Ponafidin
Date: 1896
66: Note on Asia Minor, by colonel Putiata of the General Staff
Date: 1896
67: The medico-military arrangements of the Japanese army in the field, by doctor Taylor. Report on a seven month journey across Mongolia and Manchuria in 1894, by lieutenant colonel Strel'bitskii of the General Staff. The Dungan rebellion in 1895
Date: 1896
68: Military statistical description of the north-eastern part of Khorasan in 1894, by captain Oranovskii of the General Staff
Date: 1896
69: On the modern Korean troops, by capt. Sokovnin of the General Staff. Journey to Korea by lieut. col. Al'ftan of the General Staff in December, 1895 and January, 1896. Description of the river Songhua in 1895, by capt. Grulev of the General Staff. Extract from a description of Hunza and Chitral and general conclusions of the British captain Younghusband, made by lieut. col. Vannovskii of the General Staff. Journey through Tibet, from north to south and west to Ladak, extracted by lieut. col. Vannovskii of the General Staff
Date: 1896
70: Essays on Shugnan, by military engineer captain Serebrennikov. Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, by William Woodville Rockhill, Washington, 1894, extract by Kotvich. The liberation of Chitral, extract by captain Miller of the General Staff. Four notes on Afghan and Baluchistan affairs (1886-1891), by colonel R. Sandeman, extract by colonel count Murav'ev-Amurskii of the General Staff. The Afghan emir and Kafiristan. The importance of the Bashgul military road, by colonel Ermolov of the General Staff. Correspondence on Afghan operations in Kafiristan, extract by lieut. col. Vannovskii of the General Staff. The Imperial Canal, extract by lieut. col. count Murav'ev-Amurskii of the General Staff. On the population of China, extract by lieutenant colonel Vannovskii of the General Staff
Date: 1896
71: The imperial troops in India, extract by lieut. col. Vannovskii of the General Staff. The river Songhua (on the Chinese railway question in Manchuria); translated by lieut. col. Grulev of the General Staff. The Waziristan expedition (October 1, 1894-January 20, 1895); geographical essay on Waziristan; by col. Ermolov of the General Staff. The informal peace talks, held in Shimonoseki by the plenipotentiaries of China and Japan in March, 1895; translated by capt. Marchenko
Date: 1897
72: The Pamirs and the source of the Oxus, by George Curzon. The art of boundary delimination. Can Russia invade India? by colonel Hanna, extract by lieut. col. Roop of the General Staff
Date: 1898
73: India's scientific frontier, by colonel Hanna; extract by lieut. col. Roop of the General Staff. Historical essay on horse-breeding in Japan, by colonel Ianzhul. Extract from the note by col. Lukashev on the inspection of the Japanese Guards Dragoon regiment. Review on the port and the city of Tatungkow, by K. Desino. Report on Korean trade in 1898; Additional tables; State budget of Korea for 1898, by col. Strel'bitskii of the General Staff. Preliminary data on the road from Lai-zhou-fu to Jiaozhou (in Shandong), by K.Desino
Date: 1898
74: Shandong and Jiaozhou, extract from a work by Von Richthofen. Jiaozhou (Kiautschou), Germany's acquisition in eastern Asia, extract from a work by Georg Franzius. Shandong and German China in 1898, by Von Hesse-Wartegg, extract by lieutenant colonel Roop of the General Staff. Memorandum on the development of Jiaozhou, extract by lieutenant colonel Usov of the General Staff
Date: 1899
75: Journey of colonel Karneev and lieutenant Mikhailov of the General Staff across South Korea in 1895-96
Date: 1901
76: Essay on the Pamirs, by lieutenant colonel Eggert of the General Staff. Itinerary from the city of Mashhad to the city of Nasirabad, by coll. assessor Miller. Report on a journey across Sistan, by vice consul, coll. assessor Miller. Another report on the journey across Sistan, by coll. assessor Miller. The Khyber pass, By lieutenant colonel Novitskii of the General Staff. Description of a journey from the city of Serakhs to Sistan and back, by the merchant Astsaturov. From India to Fergana, by captain Novitskii of the General Staff. The routes through Khorasan to Herat and Sistan. Military statistical essay on the Netherlands East Indies, by lieutenant colonel Miller of the General Staff
Date: 1902
77: Essay on the events in the Philippines from 1896 to 1901, by staff captain Edrikhin. Essay on Sistan, by court counsellor Miller. The caravan routes from Mashhad to Sistan, by court counsellor Miller. Report on a mission to Kerman, by court counsellor Miller
Date: 1904
78: Historical note on the border issue between Khorasan, Russian and Afghan possessions, by lieutenant colonel Kornilov of the General Staff. The road from Nushki to Sistan, by lieutenant colonel Kornilov of the General Staff. Itinerary description of the Nushki - Sistan route (Kala-i-Rabat - Quetta stretch), by lieutenant colonel Kornilov of the General Staff. Short essay on Tibet, by lieutenant colonel Von Raaben of the General Staff. Report on a mission to Torbat-e-Heydariyeh (in Persia), by the physician Rubio. Extract from the materials on the statistical description of Persia, gathered by captain Tigranov of the General Staff
Date: 1905
79: Eastern Bukhara (military and geographical review), by lieutenant colonel Snesarev of the General Staff
Date: 1906
80: Across eastern Mongolia, by colonel V. F. Novitskii of the General Staff. Short information on the Soyots, in connection with data extracted from a description and inquiries, made by citizen Chernenkov from Minusinsk, about the Bom-Kemchik river valley (left tributary of the Yenisei); with a map. East India (Afghanistan); treaty between the British government and the Afghan emir, concluded March 21, 1905, with pertaining annexes. (presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty). Political importance of Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, note by court counsellor Miller. Present economical state of India, by V. Novitskii
Date: 1907
81: Preliminary report on the journey by command of His Imperial Majesty across Chinese Turkestan and the northern provinces of China to the city of Beijing, in 1906-7 and 1908, by colonel baron Mannerheim
Date: 1909
82: Military and geographical review on the East Mongolia region, investigated in 1906 by the expedition of colonel V.F. Novitskii of the General Staff. Conditions of troops movement from the city of Troitskosavsk to Kalgan via Urga, by colonel Bolkhovitinov. Description of the route from the city of Hailar to the city of Kalgan, travelled during the summer and autumn of 1906 by captain Vinogradov of the 8th East-Siberian infantry regiment
Date: 1909
83: Military and geographical essay on British Baluchistan - Kharan (extracts from official English sources), translated by colonels Novitskii and Snesarev of the General Staff and lieutenant colonel Kirsanov
Date: 1910
84: Note on Kurdistan, by captain Benzengr of the General Staff. The Hijaz railway, by captain N. Terletskii
Date: 1911
85: The state of the Luying troops. The reorganization of the Eight Banners troops (Ba-qi). - The state of the Xun-fang-dui troops. Police in China. The Wuwei-zuo-jun troops. Draft military law regulations
Date: 1912
86: The fate of the Kalmyks that have fled from the Volga, by B.V. Dolbezhev. Materials on West China, gathered by R.A. Syrtlanov during his journey from Ürümqi to the Altai in 1909. Description of the direct route from Manas to the city of Zaisan, travelled by the physician of the Ürümqi consulate V.A. Strokovskii in August of 1911. Report on a journey with military and scientific aims to Mongolia, by lieutenant Kushelev of His Imperial Majesty's Leib Guard hussar regiment
Date: 1913
87: Military statistical and military geographical material on India. Military statistical information on Afghanistan
Date: 1914
s01: reconnaissance of the route from the city of Chefoo to the city of Tianjin, with a description of the city of Chefoo, and from the city of Chefoo to the city of Weihaiwei : with itinerary maps and a plan of the city of Chefoo / by first lieutenant Gorskii of the 6th East-Siberian infantry battalion
Date: 1898
s02: Information on the peninsulas of Liaodong and Kwantung and the ports Port Arthur and Dalianwan
Date: 1899
s03: Materials on the Yellow Sea coastal defences: A short description of the Peiho river and western coast of the Gulf of Pechili, from the mouth of the Huang He (Yellow) river to Rocky Point. Taku (Da-gu) fortress. Pei-tang fortress. Shanhaiguan fortress. The camp near Lutai. The city of Chefoo: its bay, commerce, military importance, and fortifications. Weihaiwei Bay, its importance and former fortifications. - The strategic importance of the North China ports. Short note on the Chinese railway Beijing (Ma-Chia-Pu station) - Tianjin - Tonku (Tanggu) - Lan-zhou (Luan-zhou) - Shanhaiguan - Chung-gou-so, with sketch-maps, by K. Desino
Date: 1899
s04: I. Railways of Japan. II. Description of the island of Hokkaido, by captain Samoilov
Date: 1899
s05: Materials on the Yellow Sea coastal defences; description of the Liao He river, by lieutenant colonel Genke (retd.)
Date: 1900
s06: Information on Persia and Afghanistan: 1. Most humbly presented account by lieutenant general Kuropatkin on his journey to Tehran in 1895. - 2. Journey to Deidadi, by captain Kornilov
Date: 1902
s07: I. A short essay on the Pamir. II. A short essay on the present situation in western China, compiled by the Statistics Department of the General Quartermaster unit of the General Staff. III. A short military statistical review of the Iliiskii territory, by lieutenant colonel Fedorov of the General Staff. IV. Tibet. Its nature, administrative division, and population, by captain Kozlov
Date: 1902
s08: Reports on journeys in India : 1. Report on a journey in India by colonel Kornilov of the General Staff. 2. A short report on a journey to India by lieutenant colonel Serebrennikov of the General Staff
Date: 1905
s09: Reports on journeys in India : 1. Report on a journey to India by first lieutenant Losev of the 1st Turkestan artillery brigade. 2. Report on a journey to India by captain Polovtsov of the General Staff
Date: 1908

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