Russian peasant letters : texts and contexts /

Around 1880, two teenagers left their village on the Kama river, 1000 km east of Moscow. Their father wanted them to earn cash in Siberia and send it home. The result: scores of letters over a period of 16 years (1881-1896). The parents, two brothers and a sister reported on harvests and family fina...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yokoyama, Olga Tsuneko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden [Germany] : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014.
Temas:
Zhernokov family > Correspondence.
Zhernokov family.
1800-1899
Geschichte 1881-1896
Russian letters > 19th century.
Families > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Familles > Russie > Sibérie.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Families.
Manners and customs.
Russian letters.
Siberia (Russia) > Social life and customs.
Sibérie (Russie) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Personal correspondence.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Around 1880, two teenagers left their village on the Kama river, 1000 km east of Moscow. Their father wanted them to earn cash in Siberia and send it home. The result: scores of letters over a period of 16 years (1881-1896). The parents, two brothers and a sister reported on harvests and family finances, on marriages, births, and deaths, asked for money, offered religious instruction and moral advice, described their daily lives, and shared their worries about their alcoholic father and their desire to see the world and succeed in it. Meanwhile, the family's activity steadily expanded, as thei.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783447190800
3447190809

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