Diary of Varvara Petrovna Sheremeteva, born Almazova. 1825-1826
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Varvara Petrovna Sheremeteva (nee. Almazova, 1786–1857), the landowner of the Moscow and Tver provinces, one of the daughters of the foreman Peter Nikolayevich Almazov, wife of Sergey Vasilievich Sheremetev (1786–1834) In 1916, her diary was published - letters to loved ones from St. Petersburg, where she and her husband came to his official matters. The memoirist emotionally shares his impressions from the capital: admires architecture, complains about the high cost, describes in detail the outfits and hairstyles of fashionistas, talks about home musical evenings, mentions many relatives and acquaintances (Sheremetevs, Golitsyn, Stroganov, Martynov, Novosiltsevs) The author’s view of the events on the events of December14, 1825 on Senate Square will be the notorious for the modern reader. The new edition is supplemented by a preface, comments and a nominal index L.A. Mozhaeva
Author:
Author:Шереметева Варвара Петровна
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Cover:Hard
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- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:Drawing & Painting
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Publication Language:Russian
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ISBN:978-5-85209-482-7
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