Eyewitnesses to the Phenomenon of Russian Cold: Robert Boyle and the Accounts of Early Travelers North

• Published in: Quaestio Rossica
• Main Authors: Jansson, М., Янссон, М.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Уральский федеральный университет 2022
• Subjects: TRAVELING AROUND RUSSIA; 17TH CENTURY; ROBERT BOYLE; GILES FLETCHER; MUSCOVY COMPANY; ROYAL SOCIETY; COLD; ПУТЕШЕСТВИЯ ПО РОССИИ; XVII В; РОБЕРТ БОЙЛЬ; ДЖИЛЬС ФЛЕТЧЕР; МОСКОВСКАЯ КОМПАНИЯ; КОРОЛЕВСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО; ХОЛОД; Cabot; Giles; Russian North
• Online Access: http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/116444; https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=49304739; https://doi.org/10.15826/qr.2022.3.716

The article was submitted on 23.08.2021. I want to thank Professor Paul Bushkovitch for his helpful comments and kindness in reading this text. This article examines the Russian cold as reflected in accounts of early travelers to the north. For his study of the phenomenon of cold in the early 1660s,...