Excerpt from Journey of the Russian Mission From Orenbourg to BokharaDuring the same year Monsieur Negri a Greek by birth and interpreter to the embassy of General Yer maloff, was dispatched to Bokhara. The proceedings of both Missions were published, but are now either out of print or very difficult to be procured.The Russian Government have for a century been bent on the occupation or capture of Khiva-the last 20 years the preparations are open and avowed. The different roads have been carefully examined - whe ther the Russian troops have or have not yet entered Khiva appears doubtful, but there can be none as to its assembly for that purpose.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.