Frigate "Pallada"
| Author | Ivan Goncharov |
|---|---|
| Original title | Фрегат "Паллада" |
| Country | Imperial Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Publisher | 1858 |
| Media type | print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Frigate "Pallada" (Russian: Фрегат "Паллада") is a book by Ivan Goncharov, written in 1854-1857 and based on a diary that he kept as a secretary for Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin during his 1852-1854 around-the world expedition on board Frigate Pallada.
After several chapters of it appeared in 1855-1857 in Otechestvennye Zapiski, Morskoy Sbornik (Sea Anthology) and Sovremennik, in 1858 the first separate edition of Frigate "Pallada" came out, to critical and popular acclaim. In its author's lifetime the book has been re-issued five times: in 1862, 1879, 1884 (as part of the Complete Works by Ivan Goncharov edition) and 1886 (twice).
In the autumn of 1852 Goncharov received an invitation to take part in the Admiral Putyatin-led around the world expedition through England, Africa, Japan, and back to Russia. The flotilla, led by Frigate Pallada under the command of Admiral Ivan Unkovsky, included also corvette Olivutsa (Admiral Nikolai Nazimov), schooner Vostok (Voin Rimsky-Korsakov) and Knyaz Menshikov, a small merchant vessel. The mission's objective (beside that of inspecting the Alaskan shores which had been officially declared to be its purpose) was to establish trade relations with Japan, then a closed and, as far as Russia was concerned, mysterious country. As it was successfully completed, Pallada, unable to enter the Amur River because of her draft, had to overwinter in Imperatorskaya Gavan. Goncharov returned to Saint Petersburg on 25 February 1855, after traveling through Siberia and the Urals, this continental leg of the journey lasting six months.
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