Afanasiy Nikitin is a Russian traveller, writer, Tver merchant, author of the famous travel records known as "The Journey Beyond Three Seas". He was born in 1433 in Tver into a peasant family. He made a trip (dated as 1466-1472 years) in Persia, India and Turkey and drew up a description of this trip. It was the first in Russian literature description of the pilgrimage, and commercial trip, full of observations about the political system, the economy and culture of other countries. Не died near Smolensk about the year 1474.
Афанасий Никитин-русский путешественник, писатель, тверской купец, автор знаменитых путевых записей, известных как "Путешествие за три моря". Родился в 1433 году в Твери в крестьянской семье. Он совершил путешествие (датируемое 1466-1472 годами) по Персии, Индии и Турции и составил описание этого путешествия. Это было первое в русской литературе описание паломничества и коммерческой поездки, полное наблюдений за политической системой, экономикой и культурой других стран. Умер под Смоленском около 1474 года.
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