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Daniel the Traveller , known also as Daniel the Pilgrim ( Russian : Даниил Паломник ), Daniel of Kiev , or Abbot Daniel , was the first travel writer from the Kievan Rus' . He is known for travelling to the Holy Land in the aftermath of the First Crusade and his descriptions are important records of the region during that time. Some have identified him with a certain Daniel, bishop of Yuryev [ ru ; uk ] between 1115 and 1122. The earliest known Russian travel writer, whose account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land is the earliest surviving record in Russian of such a trip. "Daniel is the earliest Russian author, sacred or secular, who has described a journey from his country to any other part of the outer world." The Pilgrimage of Abbot Daniel at A History of Russian Literature : 11th-13th century. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Beazley, Charles Raymond (1911).
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Daniel of Kiev, or in Russian Daniel Kievsky , or Daniil Polomnik (the Pilgrim), was the first travel-writer from Kievan Rus . Some have identified him as Daniel, Bishop of Suriev, that flourished 1115 CE to 1122 CE. The earliest known Russian travel writer, whose account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land is the ealiest surviving record in Russian of such a trip. Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911) — DANIEL (DANIL), of Kiev, the earliest Russian travel-writer, and one of the leading Russian travelers in the middle ages. Daniel is the earliest Russian author, sacred or secular, who has described a journey from his country to any other part of the outer world.
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Daniel of Kiev , or in Russian Daniel Kievsky or Daniil Polomnik (the Pilgrim), was the first travel writer from Kievan Rus . Some have identified him as the Daniel, who was Bishop of Suriev, from 1115 CE to 1122 CE. The earliest known Russian travel writer, whose account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land is the earliest surviving record in Russian of such a trip. Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911) – DANIEL (DANIL), of Kiev, the earliest Russian travel-writer, and one of the leading Russian travelers in the middle ages. JSTOR 3678151 . : Cite journal requires |journal= ( help ) "Daniel is the earliest Russian author, sacred or secular, who has described a journey from his country to any other part of the outer world." "Volume V07, Page 808 of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica" .
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Daniel the Traveller (or Daniel the Pilgrim or Daniel of Kiev , Russian: Даниил Паломник ), was the first travel writer from Kievan Rus . Some have identified him as the Daniel, who was Bishop of Suriev, from 1115 CE to 1122 CE. The earliest known Russian travel writer, whose account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land is the earliest surviving record in Russian of such a trip. JSTOR 3678151 . : Cite journal requires |journal= ( help ) "Daniel is the earliest Russian author, sacred or secular, who has described a journey from his country to any other part of the outer world." One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Beazley, Charles Raymond (1911).
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Explorer from Kievan Rus Daniel the Traveller , known also as Daniel the Pilgrim (Russian: Даниил Паломник ), Daniel of Kiev , or Abbot Daniel , was the first travel writer from the Kievan Rus .He is known for travelling to the Holy Land in the aftermath of the First Crusade and his descriptions are important records of the region during that time.Some have identified him with a certain Daniel, bishop of Yuryev [ ru ; uk ] between 1115 and 1122. The earliest known Russian travel writer, whose account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land is the earliest surviving record in Russian of such a trip. "Daniel is the earliest Russian author, sacred or secular, who has described a journey from his country to any other part of the outer world." The Pilgrimage of Abbot Daniel at A History of Russian Literature : 11th-13th century. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Beazley, Charles Raymond (1911).
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first travel-writer from kievan rus
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first travel writer from the kievan rus'
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