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Henry Lansdell (1841–1919) was a Church of England clergyman who in 1879 and 1882 undertook two long and arduous journeys through what was then called Asiatic Russia, one to Siberia, and another to Russian Central Asia. His purpose was to distribute religious tracts and Bibles in the places he visited, especially in prisons, and to gather information of interest both to specialists and the general public. Russian Central Asia recounts Lansdell’s second journey, which took place over a 179-day period between June and December of 1882. By his ...