V zemle obetovannoi - Doroshevich V.M.

"In the Promised Land" is a book by Vlas Doroshevich (1864-1922), a prominent Russian writer, publicist, theater critic, was first presented to readers in 1900 with the support of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society. The richly illustrated edition, which was republished many times, became a kind of guide to the Holy Land for the Russian people of that time. Thirty-six small chapters are each a complete artistic portrait of Christian holy sites in the land of Palestine. Numerous facts are expertly woven into the fabric of the narrative, the biblical parables I have legends.