", and how little interest is even in that which he sometimes proudly calls his fatherland. In fact, how many of the Russian intelligent people have even seen the main administrative and industrial centers of Russia? How many provincials have not seen the Russian capitals, if they did not, due to duty or necessity, have to visit them! And how many capital residents, from the same intelligentsia, are completely ignorant of not only Russian outskirts, but also of any provincial city in the center of Rosa! Why this happens is difficult to decide. Our simple inability to travel plays an important role. We know how inconveniently and how expensively a Russian person usually travels.
will take up a lot of money, embarrassing yourself and others. Then, at the stations, thanks to the long train stops—which the tourists complain about—and also thanks to the frequent booms, out of boredom, everyone will not fail to “take in” something from the net, which always doubles the price of their food. In general, the lack of inclination towards diversity, indifference and lack of curiosity about what is beyond the daily visible horizon, as well as the inability to travel cheaply and conveniently, is the reason that Russians travel little and reluctantly, travel only for the sake of business, and not out of a desire to shake up their bodies, diversify themselves with impressions, gain knowledge and gain experience.
There are a lot of places in Rosea, and visiting 6 of them is not only interesting, but also instructive. Getting to them and navigating them is not as difficult and not as expensive as it might seem to a person unaccustomed to travel. Impressed by one of these, without a doubt, the best corners in Russia, the author wants to cheer up with the readers. The travel plan, which was undertaken by two people in the summer of 1889, was as follows: 1) to begin with, it was supposed to limit the journey only to the northern Caucasus, i.e., in front of Stavropol and “mineral waters,” from where to travel up to Elborus inclusive, and 2} during the journey It is important to pay attention in general to the natural features of the country and, in particular, to collect plants and minerals. The cost of a two-month trip should not exceed 400 rubles. on two.
The beginning of the trip coincided with the time when almost tropical heat set in in one of the southern Russian cities in the first half of June with a temperature of 25% at night and when the eastern weather blew dust into the streets? to a height of 200-300 feet, began to produce monsoon infusion. Finding ourselves in a train carriage that slowly slid across the most beautiful bridge across the Dnefir, we experienced that pleasant feeling of spirit that is familiar to anyone who has been killed, that a long-planned business had finally begun. When did the PoFZ safely cross the river? Samara along an old wooden bridge, the service life of which has long passed and which, according to even the engineers themselves, is among the first candidates for collapse, then on -
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