Images from Ethiopia in 1898

Photos from the original, 1900, edition of With the Armies of Menelik II by Alexander Bulatovich.
These photos were taken by the author and by Lieutenant Davydov.
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Ethiopia through Russian Eyes

Ethiopia through Russian Eyes consists of two books: From Entotto to the River Baro and With the Armies of Menelik II, both written by Alexander Bulatovich and translated by Richard Seltzer. This is a unique and detailed first-hand account of Ethiopia in 1896-98 -- at the change of an era -- by a Russian officer with remarkable understanding for the many varied people who lived there and keen insight into their destiny.

Africa World Press/Red Sea Press recently published a print edition of this book which you can buy from Amazon.com:

Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes by Alexander Bulatovich, translated by Richard Seltzer. Unique and detailed first-hand account of Ethiopia in 1896-98 -- at the change of an era -- by a Russian officer with remarkable understanding for the many varied people who lived there and keen insight into their destiny.

The full text is also included in the CD book:

Everything But the Internet gathers the complete non-Internet works of Richard Seltzer on CD, in plain text, with software that lets you listen as well as read. It includes: The Name of Hero, Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes, The Lizard of Oz, Without a Myth, Spit and Polish, Mercy, Rights Crossing, short stories, articles, book reviews, and poems.

And the full text is also available here on the Web:

Articles, excerpts and links related to Bulatovich and Ethiopia

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The Name of Hero

The Name of Hero by Richard Seltzer. is an historical novel based on the life of Alexander Bulatovich, a Russian who was an explorer in Ethiopia, a cavalry officer during Russia's conquest of Manchuria in 1900, and later, as a monk at Mount Athos, led a group of "heretics" who challenged the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, asserting the divinity of the Name of God. (Originally published by Tarcher/Houghton Mifflin). Related documents:

Heresy on Mount Athos: Conflict over the Name of God among Russian Monks and Hierarchs, 1912-14 by Tom Dykstra, same as above, as an Acrobat (.pdf) file. You can contact the author at dykstra@u.washington.edu, His Web site is http://students.washington.edu/dykstra

Letters from Princess Mary Orbeliani (sister of Alexander Bulatovich) to Richard Seltzer (author of The Name of Hero)
Transcripts of tape-recorded conversations with Princess Mary Orbeliani, sister of Alexander Bulatovich, June 3- 4, 1973

Timeline for Alexander Bulatovich from 1870 until he became a monk in 1907, with excerpts from his military record

The Name of Man

Sample chapters from this unpublished novel (a sequel to The Name of Hero): Related documents: Email from the great-great grandson of Emperor Menelik II, and news of the fate of Vaska

The Folk-Literature of the Galla of Southern Abyssinia by Enrico Cerulli.  (Primary source for folk tales, history, legends, and culture of the Galla/Oromo people, the majority cultural group in Ethiopia. The texts are presented in the original Oromo, with translations and detailed notes and explanations. I input this entire book by hand to make it available to the public.

Africa on CD, including Algeria, Angola, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, and Zaire.

Historical background and context for understanding today's news.

This CD contains the full text of 16 "Country Studies" published as printed books by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress between 1987 and 1995 under a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. Each country study is presented as a single document in plain text form -- easy to read, to print, and to search.

In addition, we include:

    * The CIA World Factbook, an interlinked set of hundreds of HTML documents, with detailed up-to-date reference information on every country in the world, with images of maps and flags.
    * 96 classic books related to Africa, all in plain text form.

A library for the price of a book.

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