Medieval Russian Journeys and Modern Russian Travelogues: Temporal Corrections of Representative Practices

La Topographie légendaire des Évangiles en Terre Sainte by M. Halbwachs was one of the first studies which employed strategy comparing “travelographic” descriptions tracing dependence physical world on predetermined settings. The author concludes that geographical space “Promised Land” is realised through “legendary” images. localisation specific events occurs following collective ideas communities transform reality based models accepted within communities. Thus, when we identify descriptive models, it necessary to consider constructive nature spatial representations and correlate various rhetorical strategies used authors travelographic descriptions. article considers possibility using comparative method Russian Modern period travelogues. role images past in eighteenth-century travellers. Referring extensive material, traces evolution elements recorded authors, from itineraria (Ignatius Smolnyanin, Afanasy Nikitina, Trifon Korobeinikov, etc.) fiction travelogues (A. F. Veltman, O. I. Senkovsky, V. A. Sologub, etc.). texts late eighteenth – half nineteenth centuries reflect loss Christian values “crisis objectivity”. One consequences crisis fragmentation reality, stated members Baden school Neo-Kantianism, who use concept “values” create new research guidelines.