 | A Russian Paints America: The Travels of Pavel P. Svin''in, 1811-1813 Subjects: Svin’in Pavel Petrovich 1788–1839 -- Travel -- United States; Svin’in Pavel Petrovich 1788–1839 -- Travel -- Canada; United States -- Description and travel; Canada -- Description and travel; United States -- Pictorial works; Canada -- Pictorial works; Pavel Petrovich Svin'in (1787/88-1839) was a painter, diplomat, and journalist who spent two years as part of the first Russian diplomatic mission to the United States. Soon after returning to Russia, Svin'in published a travel narrative of his experiences. Whisenhunt William : William Benton Whisenhunt, professor of history, College of DuPage, is the author of In Search of Legality: Mikhail M. Speranskii and the Codification of Russian Law and co-editor of Russian and Soviet History: From the Time of the Troubles to the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Marina Swoboda, co-editor of Old Testament Apocrypha in the Slavonic Tradition, is the author of numerous articles in the field of early Russian literature and cultural history. William Benton Whisenhunt, professor of history, College of DuPage, is the |
