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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yokoyama, Olga Tsuneko (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiesbaden [Germany] : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Titel Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Body; Introduction; Guide for the reader; Chronology of letters and events; Chapter one: Letter texts; Chapter two: People and places ; A. Three Families; Aa. The Bekhterev family; Ab. The Rodigin family; Ac. The Stefanov/Zhernokov family; B. Two Villages; Ba. Pazdery ; Bb. Sharkan; Indices; A. Personal names ; B. Place names; Measures and weights; Sources cited; Illustrations.

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