"Travel and Research in the Amur Region"

Japanese: 《アムール地方の旅と調査》 - あむーるちほうのたびとちょうさ
"Travel and Research in the Amur Region"

…In 1854-56, he led the Academy of Sciences' survey of the Amur River and Sakhalin Island. His main work, Travels and Surveys in the Amur Region in 1854-56 (4 volumes, German, 1859-1900), is a report on the survey and is famous for being the first comprehensive description of the racial makeup, culture, and customs of the people living in the Amur Region. His three volumes of The Peoples of the Amur Region (1883-1903) are the Russian translations of the ethnological sections of the same book. …

*Some of the terminology used in "Travel and Research in the Amur Region" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1854‐56年,科学アカデミーのアムール川・サハリン島調査を指導。主著《1854‐56年のアムール地方の旅と調査》4巻(ドイツ語,1859‐1900)はその報告書で,アムール地方に住む人々の人種構成と文化,習俗を初めて包括的に記述したものとして著名。《アムール地方の異族》3巻(1883‐1903)は,同書の民族学関係の部分をロシア語訳したものである。…

※「《アムール地方の旅と調査》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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