title: Illustrating Travelogue: Crimea’s History in French Travel Writing of the First Quarter of the 19th Century
abstract: This author of the article analyses the uses of the past of the Crimea and the images of archaeological monuments located in the Crimean Peninsula in French travelogues from the late 1800s and 1810s. This region features a unique concentration of cultural heritage sites of various chronological periods and cultures; its rich history traditionally attracted foreigner writers. By the early-nineteenth century, the travellers had in possession fundamental researches on the history of the Crimea and 
journal: Istoriya