v , ▁the ▁ge odes ists ▁And rei ▁Kr ass il nik ov , ▁Mo ise i ▁U sch akov , ▁Nik if or ▁Tsch ek in ▁and ▁Alexand r ▁Ivan ov , ▁the ▁instrument ▁mak er ▁Ste pan ▁O vs jan ik ov , ▁and ▁the ▁pain ters ▁Johann ▁Christian ▁Ber ck han ▁and ▁Johann ▁Wilhelm ▁L ür sen ius . ▁Two ▁soldiers ▁accompanied ▁them ▁for ▁their ▁protection , ▁together ▁with ▁a ▁corpor al ▁and ▁a ▁drum mer . ▁The ▁group ▁used ▁horses ▁as ▁land ▁transport ation ▁and ▁b arg es ▁on ▁water . ▁ ▁The ▁academic ▁component ' s ▁travel ▁route ▁took ▁them ▁first ▁to ▁Nov gor od , ▁Kaz an , ▁J ek ater in burg ▁and ▁Ty umen ▁to ▁Tob ol sk , ▁where ▁they ▁arrived ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 7 3 4 . ▁In ▁May , ▁G mel in ▁and ▁Müller ▁separated ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁group , ▁who ▁were ▁put ▁under ▁C roy ères ' ▁leadership , ▁and ▁travel led ▁until ▁December ▁ 1 7 3 4 ▁to ▁the ▁Ir ty sh ▁River , ▁and ▁then ▁on wards ▁to ▁Sem ip al atin sk , ▁K us ne zk ▁near ▁Tom sk , ▁and ▁then ▁onto ▁Y en ise y sk . ▁Pass ing ▁through ▁K ras no yar sk ▁and ▁U din sk , ▁they ▁reached ▁Ir k ut sk ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 7 3 5 . ▁They ▁left ▁a ▁portion ▁of ▁their ▁b agg age ▁train ▁there ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁survey ▁the ▁area