sentences:  A year before that, "Desolation" (Razorenje)'s first part ("Mikhail Ivanovich Observations") were published in "Otechestvennye Zapiski".In 1871 parts 2 and 3 followed, and the book came out as a separate edition.In May 1871 Uspensky embarked upon a trip along Oka and Volga rivers which resulted in two books of traveller' sketches.