Abstract: Noted Dalit Writer of the First generation in independent India, Annabhau Sathe visited the Soviet Union in 1961. He recorded his experiences and his understanding of the Soviet Union in a small travelogue, Maza Russia cha Pravas (My journey to Russia). This travelogue could be said to be the first travelogue by a Dalit writer. It also enjoys iconic status in Marathi literature. The paper explores the hermeneutic movement which occurred while translating the travelogue from Marathi into Russian. It also comments on the role and the agency of a translator in the process of translation.

Keywords: Dalit Literature, Travelogue, literary polysystem, Hermeneutic motion, translation, SL, TL, translatorship, role of a translator.