Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005

George Kennan (1845-1924), American journalist and author, was best-known for his writings on Russia.

In 1865 he was sent to Siberia as part of a surveying party to find a route for a telegraph line to connect Europe and America. Kennan traveled across Russia and wrote about his experiences in Tent Life in Siberia (1870). He worked as assistant manager of the Associated Press and wrote about the Russian prison and exile system for Century Magazine. In addition to his work on Russia, he covered the Spanish-American War and the Russo-Japanese War. He was a popular lecturer and interpreter of Russian and Asian culture to the West.

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