Across the Equator: Pages from the Diary of Russian Puteprohodtsa

Philip S. Efremov (1750 - d. after 1811) - Russian traveler in Eastern countries, the court counselor. A native of Vyatka Province , in 1763 entered the service of a corporal in the Nizhny Novgorod Infantry Regiment , in 1765 promoted to kaptenarmusy , and in June 1774 was promoted to noncommissioned officers , and sent to the frontier fortress Donguz Iletsk protection . In early July, at the outpost was attacked by Pugachev , and after a hot battle took Ephraim in captivity. He managed to ...