Identifier: visittorussiansi00phib (find matches)
Title: A visit to the Russians in central Asia
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Phibbs, Isabelle Mary
Subjects: Russians -- Asia, Central Asia, Central -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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- alluding to rumours of aninvasion in the air; the rumours had indeedcome true, but the invasion was not one ofenemies but of good friends and fair ladieswhom they were delighted to welcome. The march ))ast, after the festivities wereover, took place in a dusty road ; the Generalsposition was on a bank, which made it exceed-ingly difficult for field officers to execute with
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in Central Asia 93 neatness the rapid manoeuvre to take up theirposition beside him as each regiment passed.The customary shout of the soldiers, as a saluteto the General, seemed like five or six roughwords having exactly the same sound. Theymarched remarkably well, but they were coveredfrom head to foot with the terrible dust whichis destruction to clothing of every description. Before witnessing the review a visit wasmade to a Turkoman village, surrounded asusual by walls of baked mud. This village hassome pretensions to importance as it containsa Tfiedi^essd or university. The students wereabsent, and several of their abodes were en-tered ; most of them are like prison cells, andas they have no windows, study must be diffi-cult in the imperfect light. Some have shelveswith pretty wood carving and recesses understalactite ornamentation. A bare empty build-ing is used as a mosque. Some of the dwell-ings have handsomely carved wooden doors.The men in their best attire stood about doin

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