Vassili Grigorovich-Barski, Pérégrinations [Wanderings] (1723-1747). Translated from the Russian by Myriam Odayski, Foreword by Pierre Gonneau, Afterword by Mikhail Yakushev. Published by Les Syrtes, 2019, 550 p.Born in 1701, from a noble family of Kyiv, Vasiliy Grigoryevich Grigorovich-Barsky was twenty-two when he started his pilgrimage throughout Europe and the Middle East. For nearly a quarter of a century, he toured Italy, visited Mount Athos twice, then went to Syria, Lebanon,
Book presentation: Wanderings (1723-1747), by Vasiliy Grigorovich-Barsky
