The Khlebnikov archive: unpublished journal (1800-1837) and travel notes (1820, 1822, and 1824)

470 Pages·1990·1.06 MB·English

by  Kiril Timofeevich Khlebnikov

The Khlebnikov Archive : Unpublished
Journal (1800-1837) and Travel Notes
title: (1820, 1822, and 1824) Rasmuson Library
Historical Translation Series, 0890-7935 ;
V. 5
author: Khlebnikov, K. T.; Shur, L. A.
publisher: University of Alaska Press
isbn10 | asin: 0912006420
print isbn13: 9780912006420
ebook isbn13: 9780585161587
language: English
Alaska--Discovery and exploration--
Russian, Alaska--Description and travel,
subject
Khlebnikov, K. T.--(Kiril Timofeevich),-
-1784-1838--Journeys--Alaska.
publication date: 1990
lcc: F907.K475 1990eb
ddc: 979.8/02
Alaska--Discovery and exploration--
Russian, Alaska--Description and travel,
subject:
Khlebnikov, K. T.--(Kiril Timofeevich),-
-1784-1838--Journeys--Alaska.
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The Khlebnikov Archive
Unpublished Journal (1800-1837)
and
Travel Notes (1820, 1822, and 1824)
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The Rasmuson Library
Historical Translation Series
Volume V
Marvin W. Falk, Editor
Additional titles in the Series:
RUSSIAN EXPLORATION IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA: THE
TRAVEL JOURNALS OF PETR KORSAKOVSKIY (1818) AND
IVAN YA. VASILEV (1829). Edited with introduction by James W.
VanStone. Translated by David H. Kraus. The Rasmuson Library
Historical Translation Series, Volume IV. Published by the University
of Alaska Press: Fairbanks, Alaska, 1988.
BERING'S VOYAGES: THE REPORTS FROM RUSSIA by Gerhard
Friedrich Müller. Translated, with commentary by Carol Urness. The
Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series, Volume III.
Published by the University of Alaska Press: Fairbanks, Alaska, 1986.
TLINGIT INDIANS OF ALASKA by Archimandite Anatolii
Kamenskii. Translated, with an Introduction and Supplementary
Material by Sergei Kan. The Rasmuson Library Historical Translation
Series, Volume II. Published by the University of Alaska Press:
Fairbanks, Alaska, 1985.
HOLMBERG'S ETHNOGRAPHIC SKETCHES by Heinrich Johan
Holmberg. Edited by Marvin W. Falk. Translated from the original
German of 1855-1863 by Fritz Jaensch. The Rasmuson Library
Historical Translation Series, Volume I. Published by the University
of Alaska Press: Fairbanks, Alaska, 1985.
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The Khlebnikov Archive
Unpublished Journal (1800-1837)
and
Travel Notes (1820, 1822, and 1824)
Edited with introduction and notes by
Leonid Shut
Translated by John Bisk
University of Alaska Press
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Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Khlebnikov, K. T. (Kiril Timofeevich), 1784-1838.
The Khlebnikov archive: unpublished journal (1800-1837) and
travel notes (1820, 1822, and 1824) / edited by Leonid Shur;
translated by John Bisk.
p. cm.(The Rasmuson Library historical translation series; v. 5)
Translated from Russian manuscripts.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-912006-42-0: $17.50
1. AlaskaDiscovery and explorationRussian. 2. Alaska
Description and travelTo 1867. 3. Khlebnikov, K. T. (Kiril Timofeevich),
1784-1838JourneysAlaska. I. Shur, L. A. (Leonid Avel'evich) II. Title.
III. Series.
F907.K475 1990
979.8'02dc20 90-43177
CIP
International Standard Series Number: 0890-7935
International Standard Book Number: 0-912006-42-0
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-43177
English Translation © 1990 by The University of Alaska Press.
All rights reserved. Published 1990.
Printed in the United States of America.
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CONTENTS
Preface 1
Abbreviations 3
The Khlebnikov Travel Journals, by Leonid Shur 5
The Khlebnikov Archive. Unpublished Journal and Travel
Notes
Journal, 1800-1837 15
Travel Journal on the Voyage to California and Back in 41
1820
Travel Journal on the Voyage to California and Back in 95
1822
Travel Notes in California and Fort Ross on the brigs 129
Baikal and Kiakhta in 1824
Glossary 203
Index 205
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PREFACE
The materials published for the first time in this volume were taken
from the archive of the voyager and writer Kirill Khlebnikov (1785-
1838), one of the leading authorities on Russian America of his day.
Until very recently, only a small part of Khlebnikov's legacy was
available to scholars. His fundamental work"Notes on the Russian-
American Colonies in America"was not published in full until a short
time ago, 150 years after it had been written. Although interest in the
Khlebnikov archive is not new, most of the materials preserved in it
have not been published. Khlebnikov's travel notes are the most
valuable documents found in the archive. Unfortunately, of
Khlebnikov's numerous journals and travel notes, only five travel
journals have survived in full to this day.
The present volume comprises the travel notes of 1820, 1822, and
1824, and also contains his journal (1800-1837), which records in
brief form the itinerary of all his voyages. Khlebnikov's remaining
travel notes, together with his drafts and notes on the history of the
Russian-American Company, his correspondence, and other materials,
might be the subject of later volumes of the Khlebnikov Archive.
The preparation of this volume presented the translator and the editor
with a number of difficulties. It was necessary to decipher
Khlebnikov's manuscripts, most of which are hardly legible and
contain corrections and erasures. English equivalents had to be found
for many Russian terms (an explanation of some of the Russian and
Spanish terms employed appears in the Glossary). Khlebnikov's style
is often elliptical and colloquial, and sometimes contains grammatical
errors, thus creating additional problems.
The texts are published from the microfilms of the Shut Collection,
which are preserved at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library of the
University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Locations of the documents are
indicated in the notes, in which standard Soviet terminology has been
retained, e.g., "fond," "opis'," "delo," etc. (For definitions of these
terms, see P.K. Grimsted, Archives and Manuscript Repositories of the
USSR, Princeton, 1972, pp. 385-391.)
Russian names and terms have been transliterated to Latin script using
a modified version of the Library of Congress system. Russian forms
of place names have been employed, e.g., Sitkha, Kad'iak instead of
forms used since 1867, e.g., Sitka, Kodiak (exception: Alaska instead
of Aliaska).
Dates are as given in the original text. In general, Russian sources at
this time used the Old Style (Julian) calendar, then twelve days behind
the New Style (Gregorian) calendar. In Russian America there was the
added complication that as the international date line had not yet been
conceived, eastbound ships
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failed to drop a day, and Russian America therefore remained only
eleven days behind the Gregorian calendar.
The aid given by staff members of several libraries is gratefully
acknowledged. Much of the editor's research was carried out at the
Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris), the Bibliothèque de l'Institut d'ètudes
Slaves (Paris), the Bibliothèque Slave (Meudon), the Library of
Congress (Washington, D.C.), and the Slavonic Library of the
Helsinki University Library (Helsinki). Of invaluable assistance in
preparing the translation and notes were the books and publications
edited by Professor Richard A. Pierce in the series "Materials for the
Study of Alaska History" and also the two-volume "Russian America
in Kirill Khlebnikov's Notes" edited by R.G. Liapunova and S.G.
Fedorova. The editor wishes to thank John Bisk and Dr. Marvin W.
Falk for their help in various phases of this work. Finally, the editor
owes a special debt of gratitude to his wife, Irina, who helped in
innumerable ways to bring this work to completion.
MAY, 1988
LEONID SHUR