minayeff

Updated: May 11, 2025

They count among the members of their society pandits of Benares and Calcutta, and Buddhist priests of the Ceylon Viharas amongst others the learned Sumangala, mentioned by Minayeff in the description of his visit to Adam's Peak and Lamas of Thibet, Burmah, Travancore and elsewhere. The members of the delegation are admitted to sanctuaries where, as yet, no European has set his foot.

H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky - From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan

Now let us come to an agreement to stand together as one man and not to betray one another." The last speaker was Vasili Minayeff, who, if possible, had more cause to complain of Michael's cruelty than any of his fellow-serfs. The superintendent was in the habit of flogging him severely every week, and he took also Vasili's wife to serve him as cook.

graf Leo Tolstoy - The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories