Memoirs. In 5 volumes. Volume 1. Childhood and youth. 1827-1855

The first volume of memoirov P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shan covers the period of his childhood and youth, education in the family, study, first marriage and widowhood. The author pays special attention to the landowner’s life of the first half of the 19th century, the relations of landowners and serfs, preceding the liberation of peasants to public movements, etc. The book of memoirs contains both the characteristics of the environment in which the years of youth and youth of the author flowed, and its assessment of many phenomena and events of Russian History and modern era. The text of memoirs is accompanied by introductory articles, comments, and also contains a number of applications, including a large number of letters from P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky.
The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in the history of Russia of the XIX century