Artists, Writers, and Diplomats’ Wives

Impressions of Women Travelers in Imperial Russia

Buch | Hardcover

322 Seiten

2023
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-8098-3 (ISBN)

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Men made their way to Russia as explorers, diplomats, and tourists long before women traveled and lived in this frozen land. Sixteen courageous and intrepid European and North American women featured here lived and traveled in Russia from the end of the eighteenth century to the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, these are their letters.

In Russia Through Women’s Eyes: Women Travelers in The Russian Empire, 1786-1920, the experiences and impressions of sixteen European and North American women who both lived and traveled in Russia during times of peace and war come alive. All these women had their own reasons for going to Russia. Some went with their husband who settled there, others went to paint the aristocracy, to help the lepers or report on the Russian Revolution of 1917. Their experiences and observations of Russian political, social, and cultural life led them to write letters and books and keep journals and diaries about what they saw and how they responded to it---both positively and negatively.

Evelyn M. Cherpak holds a PhD in Latin American history. She has taught courses in Latin American history and the role of women in Latin America at Salve Regina University, the University of Rhode Island, and the Naval War College, where she served as archivist and curator of special collections. Author of over fifty historical and bibliographical articles, this is her fifth book.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.07.2023
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 230 mm
Gewicht	630 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5381-8098-7 / 1538180987
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-8098-3 / 9781538180983
Zustand	Neuware