On the road

Sergey Dmitrievich Sheremetev (1844-1918)-count, representative of the noble noble name, statesman awarded high awards of the Russian Empire, philanthropist, publisher, author of more than two hundred historical articles and memoirs. His book “On the Road” is a collection of memoirs published by separate issues (from 1902 to 1907) The author describes the places related to the memory of the Sheremetev family: the suburbs, the cities and villages of the Volga, Kama, Oka, Crimea, the Baltic states, Poland, Germany, Italy - everywhere the traveler tries to find “Russian trail”, compares historical facts, tries to find points of contact of peoples, It discusses the influence of Orthodoxy, expresses a non -standard view of the key points of history.
The new edition is supplemented by the preface and comments of the Doctor of Historical Sciences A. V. Sazanov and T. G. Borodinskaya. The preface gives detailed facts about the ancestors of Sergei Dmitrievich - the “sovereign people” of the Sheremetevs and their families