"Journey to Tien Shan" - This is a fascinating, popular and humorously written memoirs of the great Russian traveler, scientist and public figure Pyotr Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky (1827-1914) about his outstanding scientific feat - an expedition 1856-1857. In an alpine country absolutely unknown to science at the junction of Central Asia and China: "Tien Shan" means "Heavenly Mountains" in Chinese. The book is replete with lively details about the unique nature of the region, about the appearance, life and customs of the population, about meetings with wonderful people, including old friends (among others - with the writer F.M. Dostoevsky, with whom the author was familiar with the revolutionary circle of Petrashevsky).