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Daniel Of Kiev

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Also known as: Daniel the Pilgrim, Daniil Kievsky, Daniil Polomnik
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Also called:
Daniel The Pilgrim
Russian:
Daniil Kievsky, or Daniil Polomnik
Flourished:
1107
Flourished:
1107 -
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Daniel Of Kiev (flourished 1107) was the earliest known Russian travel writer, whose account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land is the earliest surviving record in Russian of such a trip. As the abbot of a Russian monastery, he visited Palestine probably during 1106–07. His narrative begins at Constantinople; from there he traveled along the west and south coasts of Asia Minor to Cyprus and the Holy Land. Despite his credulity and errors in topography and measurement, his description of Jerusalem, where he lived for more than a year, is detailed and accurate. His account of Easter services there ...(100 of 174 words)

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