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Myopic Eeyore's avatar

This was fascinating. Thank you for posting. Did Valikhanov ever meet any British agents / adventurers in his travels?

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Alexander's Cartographer's avatar

Thanks!

Not as far as I know, although I haven't read any other of his writings

I think he remained "native" during his entire mission, in order to maintain his cover

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