“A tremendous experience,” says Ratheesh C. Nair, who retraced Afanasy Nikitin’s journey 555 years later
Ratheesh C. Nair successfully re-enacted Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin’s 15th century journey from Russia to India, known as ‘Voyage@555’. He traveled through Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Oman, and India, visiting cities Nikitin had explored. The journey, completed in a month, aimed to strengthen Russia-India relations and promote regional cooperation in education, culture, and commerce. Nair’s project…